Tran Duc Luong — a leader who wholeheartedly devoted himself to the revolutionary cause

by NDO22 May 2025 Last updated at 18:23 PM

VTV.vn - Throughout his life, in any circumstance or position, late President Tran Duc Luong always maintained his political courage, was absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the people.

President Tran Duc Luong talked with ethnic people in Phong Du Commune, in the mountainous district of Tien Yen (Quang Ninh), 1997. (Photo: Trong Nghiep/VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong inspected the planning of Ha Long Bay, aiming to ensure economic development and protect the landscape and environment (October 15, 1997). (Photo: Trong Nghiep/VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival and presents gifts to disadvantaged and orphaned children being raised at charity shelters in districts of HaNoi (October 5, 1998). (Photo: Trong Nghiep/VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong’s visit to the Russian Federation in August 1998 created a new breakthrough in the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. For the first time, Russian President Boris Yeltsin affirmed that Russia considers Viet Nam a strategic partner in Southeast Asia. (Photo: VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong joined in the gong performance with ethnic people in the mountainous district of Tuong Duong (Nghe An), 1998. (Photo: VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong visited the joint control station CK19 in Duc Co District (Gia Lai) on the Viet Nam-Cambodia border (1999). (Photo: Trong Nghiep/VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong worked with key officials of Ha Giang Province’s Party Committee and People’s Committee (1999). (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, President Tran Duc Luong and Khamtay Siphandone, President of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committeeand President of Laos, at the Presidential Palace on January 4, 1999. (Photo: Nguyen Khang/VNA)

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Viet Nam People’s Army, President Tran Duc Luong visited General Vo Nguyen Giap, former Politburo member and former Minister of National Defence (1999). (Photo: Trong Nghiep/VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong met President Fidel Castro during his official friendship visit to Cuba, April 9, 2000. (Photo: Trong Nghiep/VNA)

Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Tran Duc Luong and Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikolay Kostikov signed the Viet Nam-Belarus Cooperation Agreement (Ha Noi, March 19, 1992). (Photo: Xuan Tuan/VNA)