Hanoi (VNA) – Thelife of Do Muoi, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Central Committee, is a bright example of diligence, thrift, integrityand selflessness, according to his assistant Phan Trong Kinh.

In an article written incommemoration of the leader, who passed away on October 1, 2018 in Hanoi, Kinh saidthe Party General Secretary had devoted himself to the cause of the Party andthe people, without thinking of himself. He was always present at the fiercestbattlefields, and always undertook the most difficult job, Kinh wrote.

He recalled that as theCommander and Political Commissar of military zones in the Red River delta, DoMuoi directed operations to defeat large-scale mopping-up operations of theFrench colonialists in 1949-1950 in Thai Binh, Hung Yen and Hai Duongprovinces. He also commanded a raid into Cat Bi airport in Hai Phong, burningdozens of aircraft of the enemy.

Serving as Deputy Prime Ministerfor 20 years, Do Muoi was assigned many missions of utmost importance, such asresisting the US imperialists’ destruction war and providing supplies for thesouthern battlefield. He also regular spent time at the sites of key projects.

During his tenure as Chairman ofthe Council of Ministers, Do Muoi quickly handled the galloping inflation in1988-1989, abolished the subsidization regime, and built the 1991 PoliticalProgramme of the CPV and the 10-year socio-economic strategy for 1991-2000. Heproposed many useful ideas to the Politburo and the National Assembly indesigning important policies of the country.

Do Muoi was elected as GeneralSecretary of the Party at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialistcountries in East Europe, when the country was facing serious socio-economic difficulties.The first thing he did was to direct actions to stabilize the politicalsituation and thoughts of Party officials, members and the people, whilepersisting in following the socialist path as selected by the Party andPresident Ho Chi Minh. He also continued with the Doi Moi cause, worked toexpand relations with other countries and to normalize relations with China andthe US, took the initiative in joining the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN). During the period, the country reaped many achievements in economicdevelopment, national defence, maintenance of security and social order, aswell as in the cause of national industrialization and modernization.

During meetings with foreignleaders, politicians and diplomats, General Secretary Do Muoi was always straightforwardand sincere while demonstrating self-confidence and national pride, thus leavinggood impression on international guests. He had contributed greatly to theachievements in the field of external relations of the Party and the Statesince the Party’s 7th and 8th congresses.

Throughout all his positions, DoMuoi always paid attention to two issues that he considered as key national policies,which are industrialization-modernization and education-training.

According to him, education-trainingis the most important national policy, which serves as an important drivingforce for national industrialization and modernization, and a condition tofully tap the human resources – the key factor of social and economic development.

The author of the articlestressed that he had learnt a lot from the Party leader during more than 40years working as his assistant.-VNA