Prime Minister offers incense to Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 led a delegation to offer incense and flowers to Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap in the central province of Quang Binh on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary.
PM Pham Minh Chinh offers incense to Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 led a delegation to offer incense and flowers to Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap in the central province ofQuang Binh on the occasion of his 110th birthanniversary.
Paying respect to theeldest brother of the Vietnam People's Army, the legendary General of theVietnamese nation, and the world famous General, the delegation expressed their gratitudeto the late General, who devoted his whole life to the glorious revolutionarycause of the Party and nation.
General VoNguyen Giap, whose real name is Vo Giap (alias Van), was born in Loc Thuycommune, Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province in 1911. Hepassed away in Hanoi in 2013 at the age of 103.
He once served as a Politburo member, Secretary ofthe Central Military Commission, Standing Deputy Prime Minister, Minister ofNational Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnamese People's Army and aNational Assembly deputy from the first to seventh tenures.
The General, whose military career stꩲarting withhis appointment to lead the first Vietnamese revolutionary army unit with only3♚4 soldiers in 1944, led the Vietnamese people's army from victory to victoryduring the resistance war against French colonialists and then Americanimperialists./.
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A ceremony to mark the 110th birthday of late General Vo Nguyen Giap will be held on December 22, coinciding with the 77th founding anniversary of the Vietnamese People’s Army, in the central province of Quang Binh.
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PM Pham Minh Chinh offers incense to Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (Photo: VNA) 
