Delegation of Nghe An province visits former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu

Joining the delegation to pay their respects to former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Colonel Vo Trong Hai - Director of the Provincial Police; members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Pham Thi Hong Toan - Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; representatives of Party committees and the Provincial Party Office. Photo: Thanh Duy

Burning incense and commemorating, the comrades in the Nghe An Provincial Delegation expressed their infinite condolences and deep gratitude for the great dedication and contributions of former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu to the glorious cause of the Party and nation.

On behalf of the delegation, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy wrote in the condolence book:“The delegation of Nghe An province deeply mourns the passing of comrade Le Kha Phieu - former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, an outstanding son of Thanh Hoa, an exemplary comrade, a brother of the armed forces who devoted his entire life to the Army, the Party, and the country. We pray that his soul will rest in peace. Farewell comrade, we vow to strive and train to best complete all assigned tasks!”

Funeral ceremony for comrade Le Kha Phieu - former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at Conference Center 25B, Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Le Kha Phieu, born on December 27, 1931, in Dong Khe commune, Dong Son district, Thanh Hoa province; permanent residence at 7/36/C1 Ly Nam De, Cua Dong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi city.

He participated in revolutionary activities in 1947; joined the Party on June 19, 1949; Member of the Party Central Committee of the 7th and 8th terms; Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the 7th term; Member of the Politburo of the 7th and 8th terms; Member of the Standing Committee and Standing Member of the Politburo of the 8th term; General Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the 8th term (from December 1997 to April 2001). Delegate of the 9th and 10th National Assembly.

Former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu passed away at 2:52 a.m. on August 7, 2020 (June 18, Canh Ty year), at his home, at the age of 89. During more than 70 years of revolutionary activities, he made many great contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

He was awarded the Gold Star Order, the 70-year Party membership badge, and many other noble Vietnamese and international orders and medals by the Party and State. His passing is a great loss to our Party, State, and people.

Delegation of Nghe An province visited comrade Le Kha Phieu - former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at Conference Center 25B, Thanh Hoa city, Thanh Hoa province. Photo: Thanh Duy

During his lifetime, comrade Le Kha Phieu always paid attention to Nghe An province and visited and worked with the province many times, both while working and retired.

During the working sessions, he had many key and strategic suggestions and directions for Nghe An, such as forming a coastal route to strengthen national defense from the East, while promoting socio-economic development for coastal localities.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, offered incense to pay respect to former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu. Photo: Thanh Duy

Delegation of Nghe An province respectfully commemorates former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, he was very interested and suggested that the province focus on socio-economic development in the West with the prerequisite that wherever economic development goes, the environment must be protected, the unique values ​​of the ecosystem in the biosphere reserve of utmost importance in Vietnam and the world must be protected; and the unique traditional culture of ethnic communities living in the Western region of Nghe An must be protected.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee signed the condolence book. Photo: Thanh Duy

Implementing the direction of the Central Committee in Notice No. 145-TB/VPTW dated August 12, 2020 of the Office of the Central Party Committee, the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Thanh Hoa province coordinated with the Party Committee - Command of Military Region 4 to organize the funeral of comrade Le Kha Phieu, former General Secretary of the Central Party Committee at the Great Hall - Conference Center 25B of the province.

Visitation begins at 8:00 a.m. on August 14, 2020, and ends at 12:00 p.m. on August 15, 2020.

Leaders of the Party, State, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces at the funeral of former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu. Photo: Thanh Duy