ND - A symposium under the theme 'Ho Chi Minh City towards Thang Long-Hanoi Millennial Anniversary' was held yesterday by the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee in co-ordination with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The symposium had the attendance of Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Le Thanh Hai, representatives from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ho Chi Minh City National University and many revolutionary veterans, scientific researchers, intellectuals and artists from across the country.
Nearly 150 speeches were sent to the symposium, touching upon many different angles of history and culture and the spread of the culture of Thang Long – Hanoi. Many of the speeches under the topic 'Ho Chi Minh City and the South towards Thang Long - Hanoi' expressed the dialectical relation between Thang Long - Hanoi with Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City in various fields such as: The role of 1000 year culture Thang Long - Hanoi and dynamic Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City in the rapid and sustainable development of the country; Historical lessons from 300 years of establishment and development of the South in 1000 years of Thang Long - Hanoi; From Thang Long - Hanoi's streets to trading streets in Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City.