Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Huynh Dam on April 20 paid a visit to General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam and National Re-unification Day, which falls on April 30.

President Dam, on behalf of the fatherland front and Vietnamese people, expressed his deep gratitude to the general, who together with the Party, former President Ho Chi Minh and soldiers led the glorious August Revolution in 1945 and gave birth to the first people’s democratic government in Vietnam .

Dam said he wished General Giap the best of health and longevity and hoped the general would continue to be a source of great pride for the Vietnamese people.

General Giap expressed his thanks and said he hoped the fatherland front would bring into full play the national solidarity in the nation’s continued development./.