Get-together marks 130th birthday of President Ton Duc Thang

The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held a get-together in Hanoi on August 14 to mark the 130th birthday of late President Ton Duc Thang.
Get-together marks 130th birthday of President Ton Duc Thang ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee held a get-together in Hanoi on August 14 to mark the 130th birthday of late President Ton Duc Thang.

The event aimed to honour the great contributions of the late leader to therevolutionary cause of the Party as well as the building of great nationalunity bloc.

Ton Duc Thang was born on August 20, 1888 into a peasant family in the MekongDelta province of An Giang. He was one of the first leaders of the Vietnameseworkers’ movement in the early 20th century.

During his life, he always held the Party’s ideology in highregard and overcame difficulties despite his detainment in prison and theatrocities of war in order to achieve national liberation.

Speaking at the get-together, President of the VFF CentralCommittee Tran Thanh Man affirmed that President Ton Duc Thang was a loyal communistwho devoted all his life to the revolution and the nation.

“He was an eminent leader of the Party, State and the VFF and an example for usand next generations to follow,” Man stressed.

From President Thang’s example, the VFF committees at all levels will continuestepping up emulation movements in study and production, as well as regularlytake care of policy beneficiary families, poor households and those affected bynatural disasters.

They will also actively engage in combating corruption and wastefulness, buildingthe pure and strong Party and administration, increasing social consensus, andjoining Party and State efforts to fulfill socio-economic development targetsand ensure social security, the VFF leader said.-VNA 
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