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Former Vietnamese Army Leader Van Tien Dung Dies ===================================== Xinhuanet 2002-03-19 23:21:46 HANOI, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Vietnamese Army Leader Van Tien Dung died of severe disease on Sunday, said an obituary notice issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Vietnamese President, the National Assembly and the Vietnamese government on Tuesday. Van Tien Dung, who was born in a Hanoi suburb on May 2, 1917, joined the revolutionary ranks in 1936 and was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1937. He was chief of the general staff of the Vietnamese People's Army, Minister of Defense, politburo member of the CPV Central Committee and secretary of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CPV. Van Tien Dung had directly commanded the campaign of liberating Quang Tri in 1972, the campaign to liberate Tay Nguyen in 1975, and was commander of Ho Chi Minh Campaign of liberating Sai Gon in 1975. According to the obituary notice, the Vietnamese Party and government decided to hold a funeral ceremony on Thursday. Enditem --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
