State funeral held for Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen

With the State Funeral ceremony, today in Hanoi capital will take place the memorial service and burial of Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen -former member of the Politburoformer Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers(now Deputy Prime Minister), former Commander of Truong Son Troops.

Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen's coffin lies at the National Funeral Home, No. 5 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi.

Visitation from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., April 10, 2019.

Funeral service from 12:30, funeral procession from 13:15 on the same day.

The funeral will be held at 5:00 p.m. the same day, at Vinh Hang Park Cemetery, Ba Vi, Hanoi city.

Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen was born on March 1, 1923; hometown is Quang Trung commune, Quang Trach district, Quang Binh province; permanent residence is at 54 Nguyen Binh Khiem street, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi city.

After a period of serious illness, despite the devoted care and treatment of the Party, the State, a group of professors, doctors and his family, due to old age and poor health, he passed away at 11:42 a.m. on April 4, 2019 (February 30, Ky Hoi year) at the 108 Central Military Hospital, Hanoi.

Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen's life was "complete" following the Party in the revolution and being attached to the legendary Truong Son route in the resistance war against America.His excellent commands on the Truong Son trail in the past are valuable assets, contributing to enriching Vietnamese military art in the Ho Chi Minh era.

Not only associated with the miracles on the fierce Truong Son route during the war to unify the country, the longest-serving commander of the Truong Son troops - Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen also left many marks with century-old works of important significance in socio-economic development and national defense./.