Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on Tet occasion

A delegation of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly (NA) and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on February 7 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on Tet occasion ảnh 1Leaders and former leaders of the Party and State, and delegates pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly (NA) and Vietnam Fatherland Front(VFF) paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum inHanoi on February 7 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

The delegation included Politburo members: PresidentVo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, and Permanentmember of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat, and Chairwoman of itsOrganisation Commission Truong Thi Mai.

Other members included former Party General Secretary Nong DucManh, former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and former NA Chairpersons Nguyen Van An and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, amongothers.

The delegates showed their profound gratitude to the late leader who devoted his whole life for thestruggle for national liberation and reunification as well as the nationbuilding cause.

The delegation also laid flowers and offered incense at the Monument for HeroicMartyrs on Bac Son street near the mausoleum.

Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on Tet occasion ảnh 2A delegation of Hanoi leaders offer incense at Monument for Heroic Martyrs. (Photo: VNA)
On the same day, delegations from theCentral Military Commission and the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of PublicSecurity, as well as the Party Committee, People’s Council and People’sCommittee of Hanoi paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh and laid flowers atthe Monument for Heroic Martyrs.

Senior officials of the Party and Statealso paid tribute to revolutionaries and martyrs at the capital city’sMai Dich Cemetery./.

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