VNA Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh A delegation of leaders of the Party, State and the Vietnam¹s Fatherland Front paid a tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum and laid wreaths at the Unknown Soldier¹s Memorial on Hanoi¹s Bac Son Street on the occasion of lunar New Year festival and the first year of the new century. The delegation included General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, advisor to the Party Central Committee Do Muoi, President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, National Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh and permanent member of the Politburo Standing Board¹s and president of the Vietnam¹s Fatherland Front Central Committee Presidium, Pham The Duyet, and many other senior leaders. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Politburo member Pham The Duyet, on behalf of the Party, State and the Vietnam¹s Fatherland Front, laid wreaths and burned incense sticks in memory of heroic martyrs at Hanoi¹s Mai Dich Martyrs¹ Cemetery. General Secretary Le Kha Phieu's Tet wishes On the occasion of the New Year, New Millennium and the upcoming 71st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3), Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu sent Tet best wishes to advisors to the CPV Central Committee, revolutionary veterans, leaders of organs of the Party, State, National Assembly, government, the Fatherland Front, Mass organisations, Heroic Mothers, families of martyrs and war invalids, Heroes, scientists, teachers, doctors, artists, scholars, people of all religions and all the people of the 54 nationalities nationwide, soldiers of armed forces, young people and children and Overseas Vietnamese. He made the greetings on January 19 in Hanoi. The general secretary expressed his firm belief that each day, each month and the whole year of 2001 and the following years, the people of Vietnam will achieve greater success. Party chief meets writers Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu extended a cordial reception to a delegation of Vietnamese writers who paid him a traditional Tet visit on January 19. Poet Huu Thinh, secretary general of the Vietnam Writers' Association, on behalf of all the Vietnamese writers, sent New Year best wishes to the Party leader. The Party general secretary praised the writers who have reflected the life truly and faithfully and deeply analysed the revolutionary nature of the Vietnamese people through everyday life of working a fighting. The Party leader wished Vietnamese writers a happy new year and said he believed that, in the 21st century, Vietnam will have many great writers with interesting works of great value. Advisor Muoi attends launching ceremony of disadvantaged children¹s year Advisor to the Party Central Committee, Do Muoi, attended a ceremony to launch a movement that calls on all young people in the city to respond the �Voluntary Year for Children in Special Difficulties¹ and �Year for Hanoi Family and Children¹ on January 19 at the Xa Dan junior high school, Hanoi. At the ceremony, which was held by the city¹s Youth Union and Hanoi Students¹ Association, Advisor Muoi presented gifts to orphans and disabled children. At present, there are about 5,000 helpless orphans and 3,000 disabled children in the city. In response to the voluntary year for disadvantaged children and implementation of year for family and children, the city¹s Youth Union called on all young people to better care for underprivileged children, mobilise sources of investment in a bid to help them have chance to study, rehabilitate and enjoy life. Also on the occasion, the Youth Union and the Students¹ Association of the city and Dong Tam Brick Company gave 1,000 packages of Tet gifts to children in special difficulties in Hanoi. Leaders meet Viet Kieu coming home for Tet A special reception was held at the Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam on January 19 to welcome Viet Kieu (Overseas Vietnamese), returning to the country during Tet. State President Tran Duc Luong and Fatherland Front leader, Pham The Duyet were on hand with other senior officials from the Fatherland Front, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Information, Department of Tourism, Hanoi¹s People Committee, and the Vietnam National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. The meeting this year was held at the country¹s sacred cultural site to remind people of their proud origins and encourage them to nurture the national cultural and traditional heritage in the countries they live in. Deputy minister of foreign affairs, Nguyen Dinh Bin, welcomed the presence of State President Tran Duc Luong and leaders of the Party, the State and the Fatherland Front at the meting. State President Tran Duc Luong welcomed Viet Kieu coming home for Tet. He called on the people of Vietnamese origins to unite to build the country into a prosperous one. Viet Kieu representatives said they valued the achievements of the people in Vietnam under the leadership of the Party during doi moi or renovation period in the process of industrialisation and modernisation. They said they would do whatever they could to join hand with the people in homeland Vietnam to build a stronger, more prosperous and beautiful country. A special song and dance performance was held at the meeting. NA chairman tours Vinh Phuc province NA Chairman Nong Duc Manh visits people in Chua village, Vinh Yen town, Vinh Phuc. National Assemble Chairman Nong Duc Manh visited Vinh Phuc province on January 19. During his tour, the chairman worked with the provincial Party Standing Committee, the People¹s Committee, the People¹s Council the delegation of National Assembly deputies and representatives from agencies. Having been briefed about the socio-economic situation in the province in the 1997-2000 period and the tasks for the 2001-2005 period, Mr Manh praised the efforts and achievements recorded by the local people in conditions of many difficulties and challenges of a new province. The chairman asked the provincial authorities discussed and set out concrete tasks and objectives. On the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year), Mr Manh wished the Party Committee and people of Vinh Phuc province to record further achievements in the process of industrialisation and modernisation, building Vinh Phuc into a politically strong and economically prosperous province. Also on this occasion, the chairman visited and presented gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Thuoc, Armed Force Hero Invalid Nguyen Duc Toan, cadres and soldiers in the provincial Army Command and orphans in the provincial social care. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
