The event was attended by Historian Duong Trung Quoc, General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences; Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Yin Haihong; former leaders, scientists, and representatives of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association, the University of Hanoi, and the general’s family members and locals.

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Participants at the seminar

At the event, participants recalled the general’s contributions and paid deep tribute to him. They reaffirmed the general his resilience and great contributions.

General Son was also considered a symbol of the solidarity between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Communist Party of China, the two countries and the two militaries.

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Delegates at the event

Thanks to his devotion during his 30-year revolutionary career, he has been recognized as a talented general in both political and military terms, an excellent military theorist, and a great contributor to the building the revolutionary militaries of Vietnam and China.

He was promoted to the rank of Major General in January 1948, one of the very first generals of the Vietnam People’s Army. In September 1955, he was promoted to the rank of Major General in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Therefore, people of both countries called him the "general of two countries."

On this occasion, the general’s family handed over the Nguyen Son – Hong Thuy scholarships to five unprivileged students of the Chinese Faculty of the University of Hanoi.

Translated by Trung Thanh