The request was made by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics at a meeting on May 2to review the preparations for this important event. At the meeting, General Nghia, who is also head of the organizing panel praised agencies’ and units’ efforts and high sense of responsibility for the upcoming event. He also highlighted former Truong Son soldiers’ activities, which positively contributed to traditional education for younger generations. According to reports delivered at the meeting, the Department of Information and Training of the General Department of Politics developed a plan on the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Traditional Day of Truong Son Army Corps and cooperated with Army Corps 2 to hold a press conference to orient information services about the celebration. So far, more than 300 articles on the event have been published on the mass media and press, … [Read more...] about 60th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail to be solemnly held
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State funeral to be held for Ho Chi Minh Trail general
Lt. Gen. Dong Sy Nguyen was former Vice Chairman of the Ministers’ Council and former Commander of Truong Son Corps (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A state-level funeral will be held on April 10 for Lt. Gen. Dong Sy Nguyen, former Vice Chairman of the Ministers’ Council and former Commander of Truong Son Corps, who passed away on April 4. The funeral will be organised at the National Funeral Hall at 5 Tran Thanh Tong street in Hanoi, starting from 7:30am. The burial service will take place at 5pm the same day at Vinh Hang Cemetery in the city’s Ba Vi district. After a period of serious illness, he died at 11:42am of April 4 at the Central Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi. The Party Central Committee decided that the funeral board will consist of 23 members, led by Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Dong Sy Nguyen (birth name Nguyen Huu Vu, alias Nguyen Van Dong) was born on March 1, 1923 in Quang Trung commune of Quang Trach district, the … [Read more...] about State funeral to be held for Ho Chi Minh Trail general
Commander of legendary Ho Chi Minh trail dies at 96
By Viet Tuan  April 5, 2019 | 04:40 pm GMT+7 Lieutenant general Dong Sy Nguyen. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Thuy Lieutenant general Dong Sy Nguyen, who commandeered the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail that helped Vietnam defeat the U.S., has died. Nguyen, former Vice President of the Council of Ministers and a member of the Politburo, the decision-making body of Vietnam Communist Party, died Thursday at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi after a long period of sickness. Born in 1923 as Nguyen Huu Vu in the central province of Quang Binh, Nguyen joined the revolution at age 15 and became a member of the party a year later. He participated in French resistance movements, holding several key positions. In early 1967, during the Vietnam War, he was appointed commander in chief of Group 559, the transportation and logistical unit of the People's Army of Vietnam. The group was established in 1959 to move troops, weapons, and material from North Vietnam to … [Read more...] about Commander of legendary Ho Chi Minh trail dies at 96
Vietnamese commander of legendary Ho Chi Minh trail dies at 96
Nguyen, former vice president of the Council of Ministers and a member of the Politburo, the decision-making body of Vietnam Communist Party, died Thursday at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi after a long period of sickness. Born in 1923 as Nguyen Huu Vu in the central province of Quang Binh, Nguyen joined the revolution at age 15 and became a member of the party a year later. He participated in French resistance movements, holding several key positions. In early 1967, during the Vietnam War, he was appointed commander in chief of Group 559, the transportation and logistical unit of the People's Army of Vietnam. The group was established in 1959 to move troops, weapons, and material from North Vietnam to paramilitary units in southern Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which ran along the central region across Truong Son, or the Annamite Mountain Range, and through Laos and Cambodia. During eight years as commander of the trail until the war ended in 1975, he transformed it … [Read more...] about Vietnamese commander of legendary Ho Chi Minh trail dies at 96
Multiple activities planned to mark 60th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Trail
At the press conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A range of activities will be held to mark the 60th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and traditional day of Truong Son soldiers (May 19), heard a press conference held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on April 3. One of the major activities include a national scientific workshop on the legendary trail slated for May 13. It will be co-organised by the Vietnam Military History Museum, the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, and the Party Committee of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong. There will be an exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum, art exchanges in the central province of Nghe An, a candle-lighting ceremony at the Truong Son National Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of Quang Tri, a writing contest, a meeting of war veterans, and a commemorative ceremony to be held by the defence ministry. The press conference also brought up the … [Read more...] about Multiple activities planned to mark 60th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Trail