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Vietnam delegation commemorates Karl Marx

Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK Le Thi Thu Hang on March 16 offered flowers in tribute to the great German thinker Karl Marx at Highgate cemetery in London.
Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK Le Thi Thu Hang on March 16offered flowers in tribute to the great German thinker Karl Marx atHighgate cemetery in London.

Many representatives from theBritish and international communist parties were present at the ceremonyto commemorate Marx, who died on March 14, 1883.

ViceChairwoman of the Communist Party of Britain Liz Payne praised Marx,Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin for their fight against theoppression of women, saying that the works left by these eminentthinkers remain valuable today and encourage women in the fight forequality.

The event also created a chance for internationalcommunists to commemorate soldiers who devoted their whole life to thestruggles for independence, liberty and the interests of the workingpeople, such as Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap, South AfricanPresident Nelson Mandela and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Born in 1818 into a middle-class family in Germany, Karl Marx is amongthe most influential socialist thinkers to emerge in the 19th centuryand one of the founders of communism.-VNA
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