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State President visits families of contributors to national reunification in Hanoi

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 29 visited some families in Hanoi whose members took part in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, which was the peak of the General Offensive and Uprising in the spring of 1975 that led to the South Liberation and National Reunification on April 30 the same year.
State President visits families of contributors to national reunification in Hanoi ảnh 1State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second, left) presents a gift to Maj. Gen. Hoang Trung Kien on April 29 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April29 visited some families in Hanoi whose members took part in the Ho Chi MinhCampaign, which was the peak of the General Offensive and Uprising in thespring of 1975 that led to the South Liberation and National Reunification onApril 30 the same year.

The State leader and local officials went to see Maj. Gen.Hoang Trung Kien, who got injured on April 30, 1975 while driving a tank to theIndependence Palace, which was the headquarters of the administration of the thenRepublic of Vietnam. Kien, now residing in Nam Tu Liem district, was the Political Commissar of the High Command of Tank and Armour before retiring.

President Phuc later visited the mother of martyr NguyenThai Lai in Tay Ho district. Lai laid down his life in the southernbattlefield on April 26, 1975.

Talking to the two families, the President affirmed that theParty and State always keep in mind and are grateful to the heroes, martyrs,and war invalids who dedicated themselves to the cause of national liberation andreunification.

The President asked Hanoi's leaders and local authorities tobetter care for revolution contributors so as to partly compensate for theirsacrifice and losses.

He also expressed his hope that the families will keep adheringto the Party and State’s guidelines, policies, and laws and actively joinefforts to help with the capital city’s development./.
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