PM attends ceremony in commemoration of President Le Duc Anh’s 100th birthday
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 1 to mark the centenary of late President, General Le Duc Anh.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers wreath to late President Le Duc Anh at the Culture House dedicated to the leader (Source: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended aceremony in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 1 to mark thecentenary of late President, General Le Duc Anh.
Also in attendance were former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; Politburomember, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and head of its Commissionfor Information and Education Vo Van Thuong; and Politburo member and DefenceMinister, Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, among others.
Addressing the ceremony, PM Phuc emphasised that Anh was an unyieldingcommunist fighter, a talented politician, and a prestigious leader of theVietnamese Party, State, and people.
He made significant contributions to the struggle for nationalliberation, the cause of nation building and safeguarding, and internationalmissions, in particular the victory of the August Revolution in 1945, theGeneral Offensive and Uprising in the spring of 1968, and the 1975 SpringGeneral Offensive, Phuc stated.
He offered incense to the late President at the Culture House dedicatedto Anh in Loc An commune, Phu Loc district, and visited an exhibition on his lifeand career at the province’s Culture-Cinematography Centre.
The same day, a HCM City delegation led by Secretary of the PartyCentral Committee and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nenpaid tribute to Anh at the city’s martyrs’ cemetery.
General Le Duc Anh, who served as President of Vietnam from September1992 to December 1997, was born on December 1, 1920 in Loc An commune, Phu Locdistrict, Thua Thien-Hue province. He passed away on April 22, 2019, at the ageof 99./.
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A ceremony to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of late President Le Duc Anh was held in Hue city, Thua Thien-Hue province on Dec. 1. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the event.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers wreath to late President Le Duc Anh at the Culture House dedicated to the leader (Source: VNA) 
