General Secretary Le Duan left an extremely valuable legacy.

Tổng bí thư Lê Duẩn đã để lại cho chúng ta một di sản vô cùng quý báu, một tấm gương sáng ngời của người chiến sĩ cộng sản - Bí thư Tỉnh ủy Quảng Trị nhấn mạnh.

Sáng nay, tại thành phố Đông Hà, Tỉnh ủy, HĐND, UBND, Ủy ban MTTQ tỉnh Quảng Trị tổ chức trọng thể lễ kỷ niệm 110 năm ngày sinh Tổng bí thư Lê Duẩn (7/4/1907-7/4/2017).

Trước lễ kỷ niệm, tại Công viên Lê Duẩn (TP Đông Hà) đã diễn ra lễ dâng hoa tưởng niệm trước tượng đài Tổng bí thư Lê Duẩn.

Tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng cùng lãnh đạo, nguyên lãnh đạo Đảng, Nhà nước, Chính phủ, MTTQ Việt Nam đã đặt vòng hoa, dâng hoa tưởng niệm.

Lãnh đạo Đảng, Nhà nước dâng hoa tưởng niệm trước tượng đài Tổng bí thư Lê Duẩn. Ảnh: VGP

Next, Party and State leaders attended the celebration.

Also attending the ceremony were leaders of central ministries, departments and branches, leaders of provinces and cities, Military Region 4, leaders of Quang Tri province, family and clan of General Secretary Le Duan, revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People's Armed Forces, heroes of labor, and a large number of people from all walks of life in Quang Tri province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a congratulatory flower basket.

Party and State leaders and delegates perform the flag-saluting ceremony. Photo: VNA

Art performance at the ceremony. Photo: VNA

At the ceremony, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Quang Tri province Nguyen Van Hung read a speech reviewing the life and revolutionary career of General Secretary Le Duan during nearly 60 years of persistent struggle and lifelong dedication to the cause of national liberation, the aspiration for national unification, and the building and protection of the Fatherland.

He emphasized that during 60 years of revolutionary activities, 26 consecutive years as First Secretary and General Secretary of the Party Central Committee, General Secretary Le Duan devoted his whole life to the Party and the nation, for the noble ideal: an independent, unified Vietnam moving towards socialism, and the Vietnamese people having a free, prosperous and happy life.

In the eulogy read at the memorial service for General Secretary Le Duan, our Party affirmed: “As a soldier of the first class of the Party's guards, an outstanding student of beloved President Ho Chi Minh, comrade Le Duan devoted his whole life to the cause of national liberation, national reunification, freedom and happiness of the people and the communist ideal….

As a true Marxist-Leninist, he always thought, researched, starting from the real situation, analyzed and solved new problems raised by life. His wisdom was clearly demonstrated in the face of historical turning points and complex situations.

Secretary of Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Hung

Quang Tri Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Hung emphasized:

"With more than half a century of tireless and continuous work for the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, General Secretary Le Duan left us an extremely valuable legacy, a shining example of a communist soldier.

We vow to follow the comrade's example, study, work creatively, and strive to make Quang Tri province more and more developed, and to improve the material and spiritual life of the people more and more.

According to Vietnamnet