CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the ceremony (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 5 to celebratethe 100th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (November 7).
The event saw the attendance of General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong, former CPV General Secretary Nong Duc Manh,President Tran Dai Quang, former President Truong Tan Sang, Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and formerNA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, among others.
Inhis speech delivered at the ceremony, CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trongstressed the significance of the revolution, which, he said, has opened up anew period in the humankind’s history.
Allvictories of the Vietnamese revolution have been linked with impacts of the RussianOctober Revolution as well as the wholehearted support and assistance of the peopleof the former Soviet Union, he said.
Vietnam’sgreat achievements over the past 30 years of reform were the results of thecreative application of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought, the Partyleader stressed, describing such attainments as evidence of the vitality ofsocialism in Vietnam.
Hecalled for more efforts to build a strong and pure Party, along with improvingthe growth quality, protecting national independence, sovereignty, unificationand territorial integrity, expanding foreign relations, and taking care ofpeople’s material and spiritual lives.
TheParty chief expressed his firm belief that with the spirit of the RussianOctober Revolution and Vietnam’s August Revolution, the people’s confidence inthe CPV and joint endeavours, Vietnam will become a strong country with wealthypeople, democracy, equality and civilisation.
Also on November 5, a high-ranking delegation of the CPV Central Committee, NationalAssembly, President, Government, Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee andHanoi laid wreaths in tribute to V.I. Lenin at his statute in the capital city./.
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