Respect-paying ceremonies for former Party leader held abroad
Chính trị - Ngày đăng : 14:24, 17/08/2020
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Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central
Committee Le Kha Phieu (Photo: VNA)
Speaking at the ceremony in New Delhi, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh
Chau recalled milestones in the career of comrade Le Kha Phieu from his first
days in the army to his election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of
Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.
Comrade Le Kha Phieu had made important contributions to the glorious
revolutionary cause of the CPV and the nation, as well as the successes in
foreign affairs such as the signing of the Vietnam-China Land Border Treaty in
1999 and the Vietnam-US Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2000, Chau stressed.
Representatives of organisations and diplomatic missions in India, including the
ambassadors of Laos, the Republic of Korea and Morocco, together with Indian
officials and international friends came to the Vietnamese Embassy to pay last
tribute to the former Party leader.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) sent a letter of condolences to the
Vietnamese Embassy.
At the ceremony in the Philippines, Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Huy Chung
highlighted comrade Le Kha Phieu’s great contributions to the struggle for
national independence and reunification as well as the implementation of noble
international duties.
Due to the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and enforcement of
social distancing order in Manila, Philippine authorities, diplomatic agencies
and the Vietnamese community sent diplomatic notes, letters and messages of
condolences to the Vietnamese Embassy.
At the ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Nam
Tien, who is also in charge of Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
and Somalia, recalled the biography and milestones in the revolutionary career
of comrade Le Kha Phieu.
On behalf of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), CCM's Ideology and
Publicity Secretary Humphrey Polepole paid tribute to comrade Le Kha Phieu and
wrote in the book of condolences.
He also conveyed a letter of condolences from the CCM Central Committee’s
Secretariat to the CPV Central Committee via Ambassador Nguyen Nam Tien.
The embassy will receive delegations and the book of condolences remains open
until August 17.
Comrade Le Kha Phieu was born on December 27, 1931 in Dong Khe commune, Dong Son
district, the north-central province of Thanh Hoa, and resided at 7/36/C1 Ly Nam
De, Cua Dong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.
He started participating in revolutionary activities in 1947, and joined
the Communist Party of Vietnam on June 19, 1949. He was a member of the Party
Central Committee of the 7th and 8th tenures, a member of the Party Central
Committee's Secretariat of the 7th tenure, a Politburo member of the 7th and 8th
tenures, and the General Secretary of the Party Central Committee from December
1997 to April 2001. Also he was Deputy to the National Assembly of the 9th and
10th tenures.
After a period of illness, despite the wholehearted care by the Party, State,
medical group and his family, he passed away at 2:52 on August 7, 2020, of
serious illness and old age at his home.
Over more than 70 years of his revolutionary activities, he made great
contributions to the glorious revolution cause of the Party and the nation. He
was awarded with the Golden Star, an insignia of 70-year Party membership, and
many other noble Vietnamese and international orders and medals.
Source: VNA