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Former Deputy PM Nguyen Khanh passes away

Former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh passed away after a period of illness at 8:57 pm on July 19 at Military Central Hospital 108 in Hanoi, according to the board in charge of health care for senior officials.
Former Deputy PM Nguyen Khanh passes away ảnh 1Former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh (Photo: VGP)

Hanoi (VNA) - Former Secretary of the Party CentralCommittee and former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh passed away after aperiod of illness at 8:57 pm on July 19 at Military Central Hospital 108 inHanoi, according to the board in charge of health care for senior officials.

The memorial services and burial ceremony for the formerofficial will be announced later.

Nguyen Khanh was born on March 31, 1928, in Thuong Tindistrict, Hanoi.

He was Secretary of the Party Central Committee in the 6thtenure; a member of the Party Central Committee in the 5th (alternate),6th, and 7th tenures; Deputy Chairman and General Secretary of theCouncil of Ministers (1987-1992); Deputy Prime Minister (1992-1997); and a deputyof the National Assembly in the 8th, 9th, and 10th tenures./.

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