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Incense offering commemorates outstanding general

A solemn flower and incense offering ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 25 to commemorate the 100th birthday of General Van Tien Dung, an excellent commander of the country.
Incense offering commemorates outstanding general ảnh 1At the incense offering ceremony (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – A solemn flower and incense offering ceremony was heldby the Central Military Commission under the Ministry of Defence in Hanoi onApril 25 to commemorate the 100th birthday of General Van Tien Dung,an excellent commander of the country.

Van Tien Dung (or Le Hoai) was born on May 2, 1917 in Co Nhue commune, Tu Liem district,Hanoi. He took part in revolutionary activities in 1936 and was admitted to theCommunist Party of Indochina in 1937.

During his revolutionary career, Dung was entrusted to hold many important positionsby the Party and people such as Secretary of the Central Military PartyCommittee (now Central Party Commission) and Minister of National Defence.

He was an excellent student of President Ho Chi Minh and an unyieldingcommunist who was absolutely loyal to the Party and people as well as devotedhis whole life to the ideal of the Party and Vietnamese revolution.  The talented general had made significantcontributions to the country’s military science.

Writing in the memorial book, Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich, who isalso Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission, highlighted thatGeneral Van Tien Dung’s substantial contributions to the struggle againstFrench colonialism and US imperialism for national liberation as well as todeveloping Vietnamese military art and building stronger armed forces.

Following Dung’s example, officers and soldiers of the People’ Army of Vietnamwill exert every effort to build a regular, elite and modern army, thus firmlysafeguarding the national sovereignty, Lich penned.-VNA

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