PM pays tribute to late Party, State leaders ahead of Tet

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 19 offered incenses and paid tribute to late Party and State leaders when visiting their private residencies in Ho Chi Minh City.
PM pays tribute to late Party, State leaders ahead of Tet ảnh 1PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam on January 19 offer incenses and pay tribute to late PM Phan Van Khai at his private home. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister VuDuc Dam on January 19 offered incenses and paid tribute to late Party and Stateleaders when visiting theirprivate residencies in Ho Chi Minh City.

The visitswere made on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) (February 3, 1930 – 2020) and the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Homage waspaid to late CPV General SecretaryNguyen Van Linh (1914 – 1998); late Acting President, Chairman of the National Assembly and Vice Chairman of the Councilof State Lawyer Nguyen Huu Tho (1910 – 1996); late Chairman of the Council of State, Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers andAdvisor to the CPV’s Central Committee Vo Chi Cong (1912 – 2011); late President and Advisor to the CPV’s CentralCommittee General Le Duc Anh (1920 – 2019); late Prime Minister and Advisor to the CPV’s CentralCommittee Vo Van Kiet (1922 – 2008); and late Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (1933 – 2018).

The Government leaders presented gifts and extended the best wishes to the families of the late leaders./.
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