PANO – The memorial service for General Vo Nguyen Giap began at 7 a.m on October 13th at the National Memorial Hall in Hanoi.
General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911 - 2013)
General Vo Nguyen Giap was born in Loc Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, the central province of Quang Binh on August 25, 1911.
He served as a Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Military Commission, Standing Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnamese People’s Army and a National Assembly deputy from the first to seventh tenure.
During his revolutionary life spanning over 80 years, the General rendered significant services to the Party and the nation. As an eminent student close to President Ho Chi Minh, the first General and Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnamese People’s Army, he was loved and respected by the people and international friends and a pride of generations of officers and soldiers nationwide.
>> Nation mourns General Vo Nguyen Giap
General Vo Nguyen Giap was awarded the Party and State’s Golden Star Order, the Ho Chi Minh Order, the 70-year Party membership badge and many other noble orders and medals both at home and abroad.
His death is a great loss to the Party, the State, people and army.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News
