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Thai Binh ceremony remembers late Party leader Nguyen Duc Canh

A ceremony was held in the northern province of Thai Binh on February 2 to mark the 110th birthday of Nguyen Duc Canh, one of the founders and first leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam who sacrificed his life for the revolution of the Party and people.
Thai Binh ceremony remembers late Party leader Nguyen Duc Canh ảnh 1Secretary of the Thai Binh Party Committee Pham Van Sinh addresses the ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Thai Binh (VNA) – A ceremony was held inthe northern province of Thai Binh on February 2 to mark the 110th birthday of Nguyen Duc Canh, one of the founders and first leaders of theCommunist Party of Vietnam who sacrificed his life for the revolution of theParty and people.

The ceremony was attended by General Secretary of theCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong, Chairman of the CPV CentralCommittee’s Inspection Commission Tran Quoc Vuong, Secretary of the Hanoi PartyCommittee Hoang Trung Hai, representatives from some central agencies andlocalities as well as the family of the late leader, among others.

Addressing the event, Secretary of the Thai Binh PartyCommittee Pham Van Sinh reviewed the revolutionary life of the late communist.

Canhwas born on February 2, 1908 in Diem Dien village, in today Thai Thuy districtof Thai Binh.

Beingenlightened by the revolutionary ideology, he joined various patrioticmovements in 1925-26 when he was studying in Thanh Chung Nam Dinh High School.Then he joined the Vietnam Youth Revolution Association, which was a turningpoint in his revolutionary life.

In1928, he was assigned to work as Hai Phong Party Secretary. In 1929, theworking class movement had developed well and Canh had made lots ofcontributions to Tong Cong Hoi Do Bac Ky (the predecessor of the VietnamGeneral Confederation of Labour).

InMarch 1929, at House No 5D, Ham Long street of Hanoi, the first Communist unitin Vietnam was established with eight members including Canh.

 In June 1929, he was elected to be aprovisional member of the Central Committee of the Indochina Communist Party.

In April 1931, he was captured by the French. Thoughhe was tortured by the invaders, he did not reveal any secrets of the Party. Hewas sentenced to death by the French and was killed in 1932.

Sinh said that as part of efforts to inherit andpromote patriotism tradition of the ancestors, Thai Binh has overcome variousdifficulties and challenges to gain outstanding achievements in all fields.

He pledged that Thai Binh authorities will continueworking hard to strengthen solidarity, and optimizing potentials and strengthsof the province to build a locality of sustainable development, prosperity andcivilization.-VNA
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