The 10th-tenure municipal People’s Council voted on the renaming during its 10th session on July 12, recognizing great contribution by General Vo Nguyen Giap to national liberation and reunification. 

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The 7.79km Vo Nguyen Giap Street runs from Saigon Bridge to Thu Duc intersection.

After the renaming, the Hanoi Highway – Vo Nguyen Giap – Dien Bien Phu route will be formed, creating a connection between historical events and figures – the Dien Bien Phu campaign and the legendary general, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

The council has asked the media to popularize the renaming, and localities to review the list of businesses, organizations and households in Thu Duc city and eight wards affected by the work, and support them in administrative changes. 

Vo Nguyen Giap, the first four-star general and the former commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Army, passed away on October 4, 2013, in Hanoi, at the age of 102.

He started his career as a history teacher before joining the military to become a general who led the Vietnamese military to defeat French and U.S. forces.

Source: VNA