Hanoi celebrated the 59 th anniversary of Liberation Day with a ceremony honouring 1,084 outstanding individuals and organisations on October 10.

In his remarks at the event, Nguyen The Thao, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, said the celebration would live long in the memory, especially as it coincided with a period of national mourning for the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap, who passed away on October 4 at the age of 103.

Thao noted that after nearly six decades of construction and development, Hanoi has become a big, modern and spacious urbanised area covering 3,344 sq.km with a population of more than 7 million people.
In its long-term development plan, he said Hanoi has to connect to the key northern economic zones and trade centres in neighbouring localities to spur higher economic growth.

At the function, “Citizen of Excellence” titles were awarded to 10 individuals while 61 organisations and 102 individuals were honoured for successfully following the moral example of late President Ho Chi Minh. In addition, 911 people were lauded for their good deeds to society.-VNA