A delegation from the Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’s Committee, and the Fatherland Front’s Committee of Hanoi on April 22 laid wreaths at the statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin in Lenin Park , on the occasion of his 143 rd birthday (April 22, 1870).

The delegation was led by Ngo Thi Doan Thanh, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council.

The same day, delegations from the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association, and many social and political organisations in the capital, also paid floral tribute to Lenin.

Lenin was one of eminent political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20 th century, who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917 and was the architect and first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Lenin was also a great teacher of workers worldwide.-VNA