Ceremony commemorates 80th death anniversary of late Party General Secretary Le Hong Phong

The ceremony was jointly held by the Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An province and Nghe An Relic and Landscapes Management Board.

Representatives from Nghe An province, Hung Nguyen district and Le’s family, reviewed the great merits and sacrifices of Le Hong Phong to the revolutionary cause and the struggle for national liberation.

Le Hong Phong’s birth name was Le Huy Duc, later changed to Le Huy Doan. He was born in 1902 in Dong village, Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province.

During his revolutionary cause, Le Hong Phong was led and trained by Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh) and soon became an elite cadre of the revolution and a resilient international communist.

He was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, at the first Party Congress held in Macau (China), in March 1935.

The late General Secretary was an excellent example of a true communist who faithfully devoted his entire life to the national revolutionary cause for independence, freedom, and happiness.