Nguyen Van Linh, born in 1915 in Giai Pham commune of Yen My district, is credited with launching the Doi Moi reform in 1986 that lifted Vietnam out of the post-war economic crisis to become a middle-income country.
During the American resistance war, Linh served as the secretary of the Central Office for South Vietnam. He became the secretary of Ho Chi Minh City in 1976 and general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1986.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, President Sang praised Linh’s significant contributions to the Vietnamese revolution and urged Hung Yen authorities and people to follow the example of the former Party chief.
The Nguyen Van Linh statue is 8.1 metres tall and placed on a 4.5 metre high pedestal in the square of the same name in Hung Yen city, the capital of Hung Yen province.
Earlier on April 26 President Truong Tan Sang offered incense at General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh’s memorial house and attended a ceremony honouring Hung Yen province’s Pho Hien historic complex as a special national heritage site.
