Hanoi to name street after General Giap
Hanoi’s Culture, Sports
and Tourism Department will propose the naming of a major street in the
capital after General Vo Nguyen Giap.
Deputy Director
of the department Truong Minh Tien said on October 7 that normally a
street is renamed after a celebrity when he/she died for at least 10
years. However, for the case of General Giap, the department will submit
the proposal to the Hanoi’s People Committee right after his death.
According to Tien, the department is considering a suitable street
corresponding to the General’s great merits to the country.
General Vo Nguyen Giap, former commander-in-chief of the Vietnam
People’s Army, who masterminded the defeats of France and the United
States, passed away in Hanoi on October 4 at the age of 103.-VNA