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Nearly 660 delegations attend national mourning of former Party leader

Close to 660 delegations of Party and State leaders, ministries, localities, people’s armed forces, and diplomatic offices, as well as representatives from international organisations paid tribute to late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Le Kha Phieu at a national mourning held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and his home province of Thanh Hoa on August 14.
Nearly 660 delegations attend national mourning of former Party leader ảnh 1Prominent among those attending the mourning are Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Close to 660delegations of Party and State leaders, ministries, localities, people’s armedforces, and diplomatic offices, as well as representatives from internationalorganisations paid tribute to late General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) Le Kha Phieu at a national mourning held in Hanoi, Ho Chi MinhCity, and his home province of Thanh Hoa on August 14.

Party General Secretary and State PresidentNguyen Phu Trong and former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung sent wreathsto the function.

Prominent among those attending the mourningwere Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Politburo memberand National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Alsoattending the event were former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; formerPresidents Tran Duc Luong, Nguyen Minh Triet, and Truong Tan Sang; former PrimeMinister Nguyen Tan Dung; and former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An.

Phieu was born on December 27, 1931 in Dong Khecommune, Dong Son district, the north-central province of Thanh Hoa, andresided at 7/36/C1 Ly Nam De, Cua Dong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

He started participating in revolutionaryactivities in 1947, and joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on June19, 1949. He was a member of the Party Central Committee of the 7th and 8thtenures, a member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat of the 7thtenure, a Politburo member of the 7th and 8th tenures, and the GeneralSecretary of the Party Central Committee from December 1997 to April 2001. Alsohe was Deputy to the National Assembly of the 9th and 10th tenures.

After a period of illness, despite thewholehearted care by the Party, State, medical group and his family, he passedaway at 2:52 on August 7, 2020, of serious illness and old age at his home.

Over more than 70 years of his revolutionaryactivities, he made great contributions to the glorious revolution cause of theParty and the nation. He was awarded with the Golden Star, an insignia of70-year Party membership, and many other noble Vietnamese and internationalorders and medals./.

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