Nghe An solemnly held the ceremony to celebrate the 120th birthday of General Secretary Le Hong Phong

Pham Bang - Thanh Duy• DNUM_AGZAJZCACC 11:37

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 6, in Hung Thong commune (Hung Nguyen district), Nghe An province solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 120th birthday of General Secretary Le Hong Phong (September 6, 1902 - September 6, 2022).

Attending the ceremony were leaders and former leaders of the Party and State: Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, President; Nguyen Sinh Hung - former Politburo member, former Chairman of the National Assembly; Vo Van Thuong - Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat; Tran Thanh Man - Politburo member, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Nguyen Van Nen - Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Vu Duc Dam - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister.

Also attending the ceremony were members of the Party Central Committee: Le Khanh Hai - Head of the Office of the President; Lam Thi Phuong Thanh - Deputy Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee; Le Quoc Minh - Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Major General Nguyen Van Gau - Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Head of the General Department of Politics of the People's Army; Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh - Member of the Central Military Commission, Commander of Military Region 4; Hoang Trung Dung - Secretary of the Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee; Do Trong Hung - Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Dinh Trung - Secretary of the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee; Bui Quang Huy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, First Secretary of the Central Youth Union.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; leaders of departments, agencies, localities and representatives of the family, relatives of comrade Le Hong Phong, and the young generation of Hung Nguyen.

Leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, central departments, ministries, branches, Military Region 4, Nghe An province and the provinces of Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa, Dak Lak, representatives of the family and relatives of General Secretary Le Hong Phong attended the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, central departments, ministries, branches, Military Region 4, Nghe An province and the provinces of Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa, Dak Lak attended the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

A STAGNANT COMMUNIST SOLDIER, AN OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING LEADER OF THE PARTY

Comrade Le Hong Phong's birth name was Le Huy Doan, born on September 6, 1902, in Thong Lang village, Phu Long commune, now Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province.

Comrade Le Hong Phong was a member of the Communist International Executive Committee, General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party, a staunch communist soldier, a typical and talented leader of the Party and the Vietnamese revolution, one of the outstanding students of President Ho Chi Minh, and an outstanding son of his hometown Nghe An.

Before the ceremony, leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, central ministries and branches, Military Region 4, Nghe An province and representatives of the Le family offered flowers and incense to commemorate General Secretary Le Hong Phong. Photo: Thanh Cuong

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense to commemorate General Secretary Le Hong Phong. Photo: Thanh Cuong

After many years of heroic and vibrant revolutionary activities, in 1940, comrade Le Hong Phong was arrested by the French colonialists for the second time in his homeland, then imprisoned in the Big Prison (Saigon) and sentenced to 5 years in prison, exiled to Con Dao. Here, after many months of brutal torture, his health was exhausted, comrade Le Hong Phong breathed his last at noon on September 6, 1942.

Before his death, he left a message: "Please report to the Party that, until the last minute, Le Hong Phong still believed wholeheartedly in the glorious victory of the revolution." Comrade Le Hong Phong's example of indomitable sacrifice has instilled strong belief and a strong will in his comrades and teammates to continue fighting until the day the revolution wins.

The art program recreates the life and heroic and vibrant revolutionary career of General Secretary Le Hong Phong. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Art program at the 120th birthday celebration of General Secretary Le Hong Phong. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In his speech reviewing the life and continuous and glorious revolutionary career of General Secretary Le Hong Phong, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized that comrade Le Hong Phong devoted everything to the glorious revolutionary cause of our Party and people. History will forever remember the great contributions of comrade Le Hong Phong - a staunch communist soldier, an outstanding leader of the Party and the Vietnamese revolution.

Evaluating the talented, loyal, and indomitable cadres during the Party building period, President Ho Chi Minh affirmed: “Our comrades such as comrade Tran Phu, comrade Ngo Gia Tu, comrade Le Hong Phong, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, comrade Ha Huy Tap, comrade Nguyen Van Cu, comrade Hoang Van Thu and hundreds of thousands of other comrades put the interests of the Party, the revolution, the class, and the nation above all else, first and foremost. Those comrades had deep and firm faith in the great force and glorious future of the class and the nation. Those comrades were happy to sacrifice everything, even their lives, for the Party, for the class, for the nation. Those comrades watered the revolutionary tree with their blood and bones, so the revolutionary tree has blossomed and borne beautiful fruit as it does today.”

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee delivered a speech at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Celebrating the 120th birthday of General Secretary Le Hong Phong, we are proud and grateful to the outstanding son of the nation and of Nghe An homeland. We understand and remember the extremely valuable revolutionary lessons for the current cause of building and developing our homeland and country.

Studying and following the example of General Secretary Le Hong Phong, first of all, is to study the ardent patriotism, burning desire, and will to fight for national independence and freedom, prosperity and happiness for the people; to study the spirit of overcoming all circumstances to acquire knowledge of human culture, to accept revolutionary theories, and to strive to grasp modern military expertise and techniques; to study the sense of organization and discipline, the spirit of criticism and self-criticism of the Party; to study and practice the steadfast and indomitable will of a communist.

Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and Heroes of the People's Armed Forces attend the celebration. Photo: Thanh Cuong

PROMOTING TRADITION, BUILDING A RICH AND CIVILIZED HOMELAND

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized that, promoting the tradition of the heroic Soviet homeland, learning from the example of the great President Ho Chi Minh, General Secretary Le Hong Phong and generations of revolutionary predecessors, the Party Committee and People of Nghe An have been persistent, tenacious, overcoming difficulties and challenges and made many important contributions through revolutionary periods, contributing with the people of the whole country to gain glorious victories in the revolution to liberate the nation, unify the Fatherland, and build a rich, beautiful and civilized homeland.

After 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo, Nghe An province has achieved quite comprehensive achievements in all aspects. The scale of the economy is increasingly expanding, currently ranking 10th in the country. The economy maintains a fairly good growth rate, averaging 7.28% in the 2014 - 2019 period, reaching 8.44% in the first 6 months of 2022; annual budget revenue reaches and exceeds the assigned estimate, with 13,400 billion VND in the first 8 months of 2022 alone.

Young generation of Hung Nguyen district - the hometown of General Secretary Le Hong Phong attended the celebration. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The economic structure has shifted in a positive direction. Agriculture, rural areas and farmers have improved a lot, and the province is one of the typical provinces in the country with proactive and creative ways in building new rural areas. Some areas have gradually become the center of the North Central region, such as health care, education and training, science and technology... These achievements are very important, creating a solid foundation for the province's development in the coming years.

Representing the youth of Nghe An speaking at the ceremony, Vo Thi Phuong Trang - a student of Le Hong Phong High School said that she in particular and the young generation of Nghe An in general are extremely proud to be born in Nghe An - a homeland with a rich tradition of studiousness and revolution. The revolutionary life of comrade Le Hong Phong is a shining symbol of revolutionary ethics, always optimistic and confident in the glorious victory of the revolution, a shining example for the younger generation to follow.

Vo Thi Phuong Trang - Student of Le Hong Phong High School representing the young generation of Hung Nguyen district spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Continuing the revolutionary will of comrade Le Hong Phong, in the two resistance wars to defend the Fatherland, Nghe An youth made worthy contributions together with the Party Committee and the people of the province to excellently fulfill the important responsibility of being the great rear of the great front. The heroic sacrifice of generations of Nghe An youth contributed to the victory of the Vietnamese revolution.

And the youth of Nghe An today, always have absolute faith in the leadership of the Party, uphold the spirit of patriotism, volunteerism and civic responsibility; strive in studying, be enthusiastic in working; be creative, master science and technology; strive to start a business, establish a career with the burning desire to spread the spirit, will, determination and intelligence of Nghe An youth, contributing to the rapid development of Nghe An on the path of integration.

Memorial area of General Secretary Le Hong Phong in Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Cuong

"With all sincerity, Nghe An youth firmly follow the path chosen by the Party, Uncle Ho and our people, vowing to continue writing the history of our homeland, turning the will and admiration for revolutionary predecessors and comrade Le Hong Phong into concrete actions; proactive, voluntary, creative, integrated, with the aspiration to contribute, determined to join the Party Committee, Government and People to soon bring Nghe An to rapid and sustainable development", Vo Thi Phuong Trang expressed./.