Hanoi (VNA) – Former Party GeneralSecretary Le Kha Phieu received a 70-year Party membership badge at a ceremonyin Hanoi on August 25.
The honour was presented to Phieu, former head of the General Department ofPolitics under the Vietnam People’s Army, by Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong.
Addressing the ceremony, Trong, who also serves as Secretary of the CentralMilitary Commission, congratulated the former leader on receiving the nobleaward of the Party.
“We always learn from Comrade Phieu’s profound, concrete and effective workingmethods and styles,” he said.
In his reply, the former leader said the badge serves as a reminder for him tocontinue performing the responsibility of a Party member for the revolutionarycause of the Party and the nation in the new period.-VNA