A bust of Ho Chi Minh - founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party, the Viet Minh and the Viet Cong, former prime minister, former president and national hero. This bust is in our meeting room here in Soc Trang. I particularly like this one because it has both the star of Vietnam behind it and the communist hammer and sickle. Plus the fake red flowers match the curtains.
This one is in the meeting room of the Department of Education in Vinh Chau (a town in Soc Trang Province). Fake flowers are very popular in Vietnam. Even more so if they have glitter liberally applied. I like how the flowers are a foil to the austere face of Vietnam nationalism staring out at meeting participants.
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