Việt Nam, Russia, South Africa mark 60 years of Declaration on Decolonisation
VN ambassador told the story about Nguyễn Ái Quốc, who was later known as President Hồ Chí Minh, sending a document detailing the claims of the Annamite people to the Versailles conference in 1919, where colonialist powers discussed colonial issues, and writing a letter to the President of the first session of the UN General Assembly in 1946 to express Việt Nam’s wish to join the UN.