Information about the funeralof comrade Do Muoi will be announced later.
Comrade Do Muoi was born on February 2, 1917, inDong My commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi.
[Photos feature activities of former Party General Secretary Do Muoi]
Early participating in revolutionary activities andbecoming a member of the Communist Party, he was trained and grew up throughperiods of resistance war, and national construction and defence. Comrade DoMuoi had held many positions during his career and made great contributions tothe revolutionary cause of the Party and nation.
When serving as General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Central Committee (from June 1991 to December 1997), with hisabundant practical experiences, comrade Do Muoi, together with the PartyCentral Committee, the Political Bureau and the Secretariat, united, led anddirected the entire Party, people and army to continue implementing the policyof renewal and Fatherland building and safeguarding, and excellently accomplishingtasks assigned by the Party, State and people. He was presented with aninsignia of 80-year Party membership.-VNA