Late President’s memorial site nationally recognized

A ceremony was held in Long Xuyen city in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 17, to receive a special national relics certificate for a memorial site dedicated to President Ton Duc Thang.

Speaking at the ceremony, President Truong Tan Sang stressed that President Ton Duc Thang was an exemplary communist who overcame many challenges during the violence of war and in the imperialist prisons to devote all his life to the cause of national liberation and the people’s happiness.

He was an outstanding figure for the Party and President Ho Chi Minh’s policy of national unity, Mr Sang said.

President Ton was a shining example of revolutionary morals with the essential virtues of modesty, simplicity, industriousness, thriftiness and honesty, the State leader declared, adding that he represents the pride of the Vietnamese Party and people.

The memorial site has been open to visitors every day since it was established in 1988 and two festivals marking President Ton’s birth and death anniversaries are held at the site every year.

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