Issuing postage stamps featuring President Vo Chi Cong.
On August 7th, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chairman of the State Council Vo Chi Cong, the Ministry of Information and Communications, in collaboration with VietnamPost, issued a postage stamp set "Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vo Chi Cong (August 7, 1912 - September 8, 2011)."
The commemorative stamp for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chairman of the State Council Vo Chi Cong, designed by artist Vu Kim Lien, consists of one stamp measuring 31x46mm, priced at 2,000 VND.
A set of commemorative stamps and envelopes marking the 100th anniversary of Vo Chi Cong's birth (August 7, 1912 - September 8, 2011).
This stamp is also accompanied by a first-day cover (FDC) measuring 180x110 mm, featuring an image of the Vo Chi Cong Memorial House in his hometown of Quang Nam.
The stamps are printed using multi-color offset printing on standard paper with a coated backing at the Postal Stamp Printing Company (Ho Chi Minh City).
Chairman Vo Chi Cong (birth name Vo Toan) was born on August 7, 1912, in Tam Xuan commune, Tam Ky district, Quang Nam-Da Nang province (now Quang Nam). Born into a family with a rich tradition of patriotism, he quickly embraced the revolutionary cause and participated in grassroots youth movements from 1930-1931.
In May 1935, he was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party (now the Communist Party of Vietnam). A revolutionary and a distinguished Vietnamese statesman, he served as Chairman of the State Council (1987-1992) and held many other important positions such as: Secretary of the Quang Nam-Da Nang Provincial Party Committee; Deputy Secretary of the Central Committee of the Southern Region, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam; Deputy Head of the Central Party and Government Representative Office in the South; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Agriculture; Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th terms); Member of the Politburo (4th, 5th, and 6th terms); Advisor to the Central Executive Committee of the Party (1991-1997); and Member of the National Assembly (6th, 7th, and 8th terms).
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