Enduring Legacy of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's Simple Daily Moments
Writing a letter to his former teacher, visiting his old school, celebrating the Lunar New Year, holding a child on New Year's Eve at Ho Guom, inspecting salinization in the fields... These are the simple, and delightful images of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his lifetime.
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| During his lifetime, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong always demonstrated the qualities of "diligence, thrift, integrity, righteousness, and impartiality", living closely with the people. As Vietnamese General Secretary, he often visited his old school. On November 14, 2020, he attended the 70th anniversary celebration of Nguyen Gia Thieu High School, where he studied from 1957 to 1963. There, he reviewed old photos with his former teacher, Le Duc Giang, and reminisced about his school years at Nguyen Gia Thieu. "At that time, in the evenings, Trong often came to study and do homework in my room because his lodging was dimly lit. On rainy nights, he stayed and slept there, making me feel less lonely. The teacher-student relationship thus grew stronger and lasts today," said teacher Le Duc Giang. (Photo: VNA) |
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| Teacher Dang Thi Phuc was the elementary school teacher of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and was the person he had long searched for. Upon finding her, he visited her home and frequently sent her letters on holidays and Lunar New Year. A simple yet heartfelt letter written by the General Secretary was sent to his old teacher during the Lunar New Year of 2019. The letter reads: I always cherish the profound memories of the years I was taught by you. (Photo: Zing.vn) |
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| This is a photo of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (second from the left) taken in February 1965 at Me Tri dormitory, Hanoi, when he was a student in the Faculty of Literature, Class 8, Hanoi University (now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi). When the traditional room of Vietnam National University, Hanoi was being built, Professor Vu Minh Giang called and asked the General Secretary for some memorabilia. He sent some photos from his student days, including this one. (Photo: Traditional Room of Vietnam National University, Hanoi). |
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| In September 2011, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the remote border district of Muong Lat in Thanh Hoa province. In the photo, he visits and talks with a family of the Thai ethnic group in Sang village, Quang Chieu commune, Muong Lat district. (Photo: Nguoi lao dong) |
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| In March 2016, when the Mekong Delta was experiencing severe salinization, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong inspected the situation in Tan Thanh commune, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province. He directly met and talked with farmers, seeking solutions to combat salinization. He encouraged people to overcome difficulties, saying, "The Central Committee will join hands with the localities to have timely solutions and policies to help people at this time. The Central Committee will accompany the people." (Photo: Bao Dong Khoi) |
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| In July 2016, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the people of Ban Bo commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province, and worked with key leaders of Lai Chau province. He surveyed the high-quality tea production model following VietGap standards in Coc Phat village and participated in tea picking with the people of Ban Bo commune. (Photo: Nong nghiep Viet Nam) |
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| In April 2017, during a working trip to the Central Highlands, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Nguyen Van Nen (far right), who was then the Chief of a Central Office under the Communist Party of Vietnam and is now the Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, visited the family of wounded soldier Dinh Phi, a household in particularly difficult circumstances in Tung Ke 2 village, Ayun commune, Chu Se district, Gia Lai province. (Photo: VNA) |
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| General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong drank traditional wine with the ethnic people of Dur Kmal commune, Krong Ana district, Dak Lak province during the Great National Unity Festival in November 2018. (Photo: VNA) |
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| General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong with the people of Thuong Dien village, Vinh Quang commune, Vinh Bao district during the Great National Unity Festival in Hai Phong City in November 2017. When he walked through the village, many elderly and children approached to shake hands and present flowers. He shook hands in return and expressed his happiness at seeing the people's lives continuously improving, with clean houses, village roads, and alleys. (Photo: VNA). |
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| On the night of Lunar New Year’s Eve 2018, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong went to the walking street at Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, and talked with people waiting for the New Year's Eve in front of the Ly Thai To monument. He extended New Year's greetings to urban environment workers on duty and gave lucky money to children gathered around Ho Guom with their families. When a child approached, the General Secretary smiled and held the child for a souvenir photo. (Photo: VnExpress) |
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| General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his wife, along with overseas Vietnamese, performed the ritual of releasing carps to the Kitchen Gods at Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi as part of the Homeland Spring 2019 program. (Photo: VNA) |
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| Lai Da village, Dong Hoi commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi, is where General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was born and raised. According to Nguyen Phu Viet, the Party Secretary of Lai Da village and the head of the Nguyen Phu clan in the village, although the General Secretary is very busy, he always took the time to return home during holidays and Lunar New Year to visit the people. In the photo, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is lighting incense at the family temple. |
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