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Japan honours late Vietnamese Party leader Do Muoi

The Embassy of Japan in Hanoi held a ceremony on December 4 to posthumously present the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Do Muoi.
Japan honours late Vietnamese Party leader Do Muoi ảnh 1Then General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Do Muoi (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama during his official visit to Japan from April 18 to 19, 1995 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Embassyof Japan in Hanoi held a ceremony on December 4 to posthumously presentthe Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to the late General Secretaryof the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Do Muoi.

Guests at the ceremony includedPham Minh Chinh, member of the CPVCC Politburo, Secretary of the CPVCC, head ofthe CPVCC’s Commission for Organisation and President of the Vietnam-JapanFriendship Parliamentarians’ Group, and representatives from the family of thelate Party leader.

The Government of Japan onNovember 9, 2018 announced a decision dated October 1, 2018 on the conferment ofthe noble decoration to late Party General Secretary Do Muoi.

[Photos feature activities of former Party General Secretary Do Muoi]

The decision noted that afterJapan resumed aid to Vietnam in 1992, Do Muoi, who was Chairman of the Councilof Ministers (now Prime Minister) and General Secretary of the CPV from 1988 to1997, paid the first State visit to Japan as General Secretary of the CPV, thuslaying the foundation for the Japan-Vietnam ties.  

During 1996-2001, the late Partyleader dedicated himself to the study on the Economic Development Policy in theTransition toward a Market-oriented Economy in Vietnam (the Ishikawa Project),contributing to promoting economic ties between the two countries and laying afirm foundation for the Japan-Vietnam economic partnership later on.

Do Muoi, born on February 2,1917, passed away on October 1, 2018.-VNA
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