VietNamNet Bridge – A ceremony was held on August 5 in Nui Thanh district in the central province of Quang Nam to upgrade and nationally recognize a memorial site for former State Council President Vo Chi Cong.

The 24,000 square meter memorial site was built in 2002 in Cong’s home village of Khuong My in Quang Nam Province at a total cost of VND80 billion, sourced from the State budget.

The site will be upgraded to the standard of a national historical relic to show the Party and people’s respect and gratitude for Mr Cong’s contributions to the revolutionary cause and educate younger generations about the nation's patriotic traditions.

A symposium on Vo Chi Cong with Quang Nam and the Vietnamese revolution was held the same day by the Party Central Committee Communication and Education Commission and the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration.

In his speech at the ceremony, Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee Dinh The Huynh said that the many scholars who attended the seminar offered a chance to learn more about the revolutionary life and career of Vo Chi Cong and his great contributions to the struggle for national liberation and independence.

Vo Chi Cong was an exemplary Party and State leader, as well as a steadfast communist, who devoted his life to national liberation, the people’s happiness and communist ideals.

Politburo member Huynh said that President Cong set a shining example of criticism, self-criticism and a simple lifestyle for more than 80 years during which he was engaged in revolutionary activities.

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