Party and State leaders at the ceremony (Source: VNA)Attending the ceremony were Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, President Tran DaiQuang and former President Truong Tan Sang, among others.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and many Party and Stateleaders sent flowers to the event.
Speaking at the meeting, Secretary of the provincial PartyCommittee Nguyen Van Hung said that the event offered a chance to recall therevolutionary life and career of the late Party chief who devoted nearly 60years to the struggle for national liberation and national reunification aswell as the construction and protection of Vietnam.
Le Duan, real name Le Van Nhuan, was born on April 7, 1907in Bich La village, Trieu Dong commune, Quang Tri province’s Trieu Phongdistrict.
During the 60 years of joining revolutionary activities,including 26 years he served as the First Secretary and then General Secretaryof the Party Central Committee, Le Duan made important contributions tobringing Vietnam’s revolutionary theory to a new height.
Following the late leader’s words, Quang Tri authorities andpeople have made efforts to overcome many difficulties and gained outstandingsocio-economic achievements, with the province’s economic growth rate of 7.4percent and annual per capita gross regional domestic product reaching 36million VND (1,588 USD).
The Party building work has been improved, while thepolitical system from the provincial to grassroots level has been consolidated,said Hung.
On behalf of the young generation, Hoang Tran Minh Anh fromLe Quy Don gifted High School vowed to better morality and learning standardsto contribute to the national building and safeguarding cause.
Earlier, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, alongwith a delegation of Party and State leaders and provincial authorities paidhomage to the late Party chief Le Duan at his statue in Dong Ha city.-VNA
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