110th birth anniversary of former President Huynh Tan Phat marked

ABO/NDO- A ceremony marking the 110th birth anniversary of Huynh Tan Phat, former President of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, former Deputy Prime Minister and form er Vice Chairman of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, was held in Ben Tre Province on February 15.

The event saw the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, and Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang, among other senior leaders.

PM Pham Minh Chinh speaking at the ceremony (Photo: VGP).

Huynh Tan Phat is a talented leader of the Vietnamese Party, State, and revolution as well as a patriotic intellectual and talented architect. He is a typical example of the great national unity bloc and a faithful communist with all his life devoted to the independence and freedom of the nation and to the well-being and happiness of the people.

Addressing the ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised that Huynh Tan Phat is a shining example of the spirit of lifelong learning, reaching the heights of wisdom and becoming a revolutionary intellectual and a great personality.

The PM noted that Huynh Tan Phat’s noble revolutionary moral example will forever be the pride of all of us, encouraging our Party members and people to continue to stand steadfastly for national independence associated with socialism and for a self-reliant, powerful, and happy country.

Huynh Tan Phat was born on February 15, 1913, in Tan Hung Commune, An Hoa District, My Tho Province (now Ben Tre Province). He passed away on September 30, 1989.

After the unification of the country, he held many positions, such as Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Urban Planning Board, Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Vice Chairman of the State Commission, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Architects, National Assembly (NA) deputy of several terms, and others.

(Source: NDO)