Dien Chau commemorates the 70th anniversary of the death of comrade Phung Chi Kien

(Baonghean) -On the morning of August 18, Dien Chau district (Nghe An) solemnly held a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the death of comrade Phung Chi Kien.

Phung Chi Kien's real name is Nguyen Vi, born on May 18, 1901 in Dien Yen commune, Dien Chau; died on August 21, 1941 in Cao Bang. At that time, he was a member of the Central Party Standing Committee (1st term), a senior military officer. In 1948, he was posthumously awarded the rank of general by President Ho Chi Minh and became the first general of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
General Phung Chi Kien died at the age of 40. Our Party lost an outstanding student of President Ho Chi Minh, a general in the prime of his outstanding talent.

In addition to reviewing the tradition and learning from the indomitable revolutionary example of the outstanding son of the homeland, Dien Chau took this opportunity to speed up the construction of Phung Chi Kien Memorial House, with a scale of over 1,500 square meters right at the place where he was born and raised.

Vo Ngoc Son