General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong was awarded the 50-year Party membership badge at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 29. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives 50-year Party membership badge.

Tran Quoc Vuong, head of the CPV Central Committee’s Inspection Commission, on behalf of the Politburo and the Secretariat, presented the badge to the Party chief. 

He described General Secretary Trong as a bright example for officials and Party members to follow. 

Speaking at the ceremony, the Party leader shared his viewpoint on life-long learning, saying learning is to become a good person, not to gain higher positions. 

He expressed his gratitude to the Party, State and people and pledged to be absolutely loyal to the Party’s revolutionary ideology and follow President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morals and lifestyle. -VNA