Defense Minister inquires after former Party, State and Army leaders

Gen. Lich visiting Gen. Phieu

General Lich, who is also a member of the Politburo and Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, inquired after and wished good health to Senior Lieutenant General Le Kha Phieu, former Party General Secretary, former Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army; General Le Duc Anh, former State President, former Minister of National Defense; Generals Pham Van Tra and Phung Quang Thanh, who are former Ministers of National Defense.

On behalf of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, General Lich hoped the former Party, State and Army leaders continue contributing to the national revolutionary cause and are always bright examples for younger generations to study and follow.

General Lich also emphasized that the whole army keeps exerting all-out efforts to study, promote tradition and virtue of Uncle Ho’s soldiers, heighten solidarity, surmount difficulties to accomplish all assigned missions, making contributions to the building of a revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually modernized army and to the firm protection of the Fatherland in the current period.

Translated by Mai Huong