General Secretary To Lam writes in the Book of Remembrance at the Exhibition "General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh - Life and Career". (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)
On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh (July 1, 1915 - July 1, 2025), on the morning of June 29, in Hanoi , the Central Party Office organized the exhibition "General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh - Life and career" to pay tribute to the great contributions of comrade Nguyen Van Linh to the Party, the country and the people.
General Secretary To Lam attended and cut the ribbon to open the Exhibition.
Also attending were Politburo members, Party Central Committee Secretaries: Head of the Party Central Committee's Organization Commission Le Minh Hung, Head of the Party Central Committee's Internal Affairs Commission Phan Dinh Trac, Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Inspection Commission Nguyen Duy Ngoc; Party Central Committee Secretary, Chief of the Party Central Committee's Office Le Hoai Trung; Party Central Committee members, leaders of central ministries, departments and branches, leaders of Hung Yen province; and representatives of General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh's family.
More than 200 documents, images and artifacts displayed at the exhibition introduced the life and revolutionary career of General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, contributing to educating revolutionary traditions, arousing patriotism and national pride so that every Vietnamese citizen today continues to strive for a prosperous and strong country.
Speaking at the opening of the Exhibition, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Le Hoai Trung emphasized that our Party has affirmed that Comrade Nguyen Van Linh is one of the outstanding students of President Ho Chi Minh, a very steadfast, loyal, devoted communist party member, who fought all his life for the ideals of national independence and socialism, for the happiness of the people, a leader of great prestige of our Party, people, army, and a trusted friend of international friends.
Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Le Hoai Trung hopes that the Exhibition will convey some of the great contributions as well as the beauty of communist soldier Nguyen Van Linh in work and in daily life.
General Secretary To Lam and delegates attend the exhibition "General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh - Life and career". (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)
Through the exhibition, we can see more clearly the difficult journeys that the country and the Vietnamese revolution went through in the 20th century, as well as the historical stature of the great victories that our people under the leadership of the Party have achieved, with the leading important role of leaders such as comrade Nguyen Van Linh.
Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Le Hoai Trung stated that by thoroughly grasping and promoting the valuable lessons left by previous generations of revolutionary leaders, including comrade Nguyen Van Linh, we will have more important foundations to firmly step into the new era of the nation, the era of wealth and prosperity.
The exhibition is divided into five main parts. Part one: “Homeland, family, childhood (1915-1930),” introduces the childhood as well as the homeland, family and revolutionary enlightenment journey of comrade Nguyen Van Cuc (aka Nguyen Van Linh).
Recreating the image of a comrade coming from a family with a tradition of patriotism, eager to learn from a young age, early having love for people, villages, homeland, understanding the suffering of the country in misery, slavery under colonial rule, early realizing the fate of the country and seeking revolution.
In 1929, at the age of 14, he joined the Student Union led by the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association. With youthful enthusiasm and guided by Nguyen Ai Quoc's ideology, he was active and enthusiastic in his activities, not afraid of sacrifice or hardship.
On May 1, 1930, he participated in distributing anti-imperialist leaflets. He was arrested by the enemy at the age of 15, sentenced to life in prison and exiled to Con Dao.
Part two: “Growing up in the revolutionary struggle (1931-1945)”, introduces the time when comrade Nguyen Van Linh was arrested by the enemy, exiled and tortured in the “hell on earth” - Con Dao prison (1931-1936 and 1941-1945).
During the years 1936 to early 1941, he was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party, participating in workers' activities in Hai Phong and Hanoi. He built party bases, established many party cells and the Hai Phong Provisional City Party Committee.
General Secretary To Lam and delegates cut the ribbon to open the exhibition "General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh - Life and Career". (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)
In 1939, the Party Central Committee assigned him to work in Saigon city, participating in the City Party Executive Committee with comrade Minh Khai as Secretary.
In early 1940, he was assigned by the Central Committee to go with a number of comrades to Central Vietnam to contact the Party bases in the provinces to re-establish the Central Region Party Committee. In early 1941, he was captured by the enemy in Vinh, brought back to Saigon, sentenced to 5 years in prison and exiled to Con Dao for the second time.
In 1945, the August Revolution succeeded, comrade Nguyen Van Linh was released from Con Dao prison and began a new revolutionary struggle with the nation.
Part three: “Standing side by side with the people of the South (1946-1975)”, introduces the extremely rich and vibrant process of activities, closely following the ups and downs of the revolutionary movement and understanding the thoughts and aspirations of the people of the South.
After being welcomed to the South to operate in the West, comrade Nguyen Van Linh directly led the resistance in Saigon-Cho Lon with the positions of Secretary of the City Party Committee and Secretary of the Saigon-Gia Dinh Special Zone Party Committee. He was elected and joined the Standing Committee of the Southern Regional Party Committee.
From 1957 to 1960, he was the acting Secretary of the Southern Regional Party Committee. In 1960, at the 3rd National Party Congress, he was elected to the Party Central Committee, appointed by the Central Committee as Secretary of the Central Bureau and then Deputy Secretary of the Central Bureau for the South.
Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee and President Ho, with the responsibility of Secretary of the Central Bureau, he chaired and, together with other comrades, led the revolutionary movement in the South at the most difficult and heroic time.
The exhibition reflects the indelible marks of the uprising and the resistance war against the invaders. The image of Mr. Muoi Cuc in a traditional Vietnamese dress, with a gentle face, a quick gait, and a warm, simple but emotional voice, is still deeply imprinted in the memories of the compatriots and comrades in the South.
The great victory of the resistance war against the US, saving the country, liberating the South, and unifying the country belongs to our entire Party and people, in which part of the merit is attributed to comrade Nguyen Van Linh.
Part four: “Struggling and searching for a new direction (1976-1986)” introduces the process of comrade Nguyen Van Linh with his roles and responsibilities in the Party Central Committee, Politburo, and Party Central Committee Secretariat, assigned to hold the positions: Head of the Central Committee for Socialist Reform, Head of the Central Front's Mass Mobilization Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
In any position, he devoted all his efforts to the Party and the people, put the common interests of the revolution above personal interests, always worried about and listened to people's opinions, sought to research new, creative, and positive factors from practice to summarize, build typical examples, form new management mechanisms and styles, and contribute to clarifying the Party's viewpoints and guidelines.
Comrade Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the Party Central Committee Office, delivered the opening speech. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)
Part five: “Leading the country’s renewal (1986-1996)”, introduces the 6th National Congress of the Party (December 1986). At the Congress, comrade Nguyen Van Linh was elected to the Party Central Committee and was elected by the Central Committee as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Documents and images introduce the important and effective contributions of General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh to the planning of the Party and State's innovation policies and guidelines, steering the revolutionary boat to overcome domestic difficulties and major changes in the world; persistently implementing principled innovation, respecting and promoting the people's right to mastery.
With the articles in the column "Things to do immediately" published in Nhan Dan Newspaper, which he advocated and wrote directly, he created a new vitality in society, raised the example of saying what you do, focused on solving pressing social issues, fought against negativity, and cleaned up the apparatus of Party and State agencies./.
(Vietnam+)
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