Party and State leaders offer incense to commemorate General Secretary Le Duan

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former President Truong Tan Sang, and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh offered incense and flowers to commemorate General Secretary Le Duan.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former President Truong Tan Sang, and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh offered incense and flowers to commemorate General Secretary Le Duan. Photo: VGP/The Phong.

On the afternoon of April 6, at the Memorial Site of General Secretary Le Duan (Kien Hau village, Trieu Thanh commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province), the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Quang Tri province held an incense offering and wreath laying ceremony to commemorate comrade Le Duan.

At the ceremony, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former President Truong Tan Sang, and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh offered incense and flowers to commemorate General Secretary Le Duan.

Comrade Le Duan, General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a staunch revolutionary soldier, an outstanding leader, a great creative thinker of the Vietnamese revolution; an outstanding student of President Ho Chi Minh, an outstanding son of his homeland Quang Tri.

At 79 years old, 65 years in the Party, nearly 60 years of active revolutionary activities across the three regions of the country, holding many important positions in the Party and State. During his lifetime, he, together with the Party Central Committee, headed by the great President Ho Chi Minh, determined the correct and creative revolutionary path, leading our country's revolutionary cause to many glorious victories, completely liberating the South, unifying the Fatherland, and leading the whole country to socialism.

As the highest leader of the Party, despite being busy with work, comrade Le Duan always paid attention and had the most sincere and deepest feelings for his homeland Quang Tri.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former President Truong Tan Sang, and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh laid wreaths and offered incense to pay tribute to heroic martyrs at Quang Tri Citadel. Photo: VGP/The Phong.

After the incense offering ceremony, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a talk with the people of Trieu Thanh commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said he was very proud of the late General Secretary Le Duan, and was even happier to see that comrade Le Duan's hometown was "changing dramatically".

The General Secretary hopes that the Party Committee, government and people of Trieu Thanh commune will promote the tradition and affection that comrade Le Duan had for his homeland during his lifetime, and must make more efforts to build his homeland to become more prosperous and beautiful.

On this occasion, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the family of Mrs. Dang Thi Tram (96 years old) in Kim Hau village, Trieu Thanh commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province. Mrs. Tram is the wife of a martyr and the family of a heroic Vietnamese mother.

On the same afternoon, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former President Truong Tan Sang, and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh laid wreaths and offered incense to pay tribute to heroic martyrs at Quang Tri Citadel.

According to Chinhphu.vn