DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIETNAM (DPV)

Office of the General Secretary

26 Ly Thuong Kiet

Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi, Vietnam

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 8, 2008

 

Professor Hoang Minh Chinh, Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) Dies

 

Political Writers/Obituary Editors 

 

HANOI, Vietnam--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2008

 

Professor Hoang Minh Chinh, Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Vietnam. (DPV), after a long illness, passed away in Hanoi at 11:08 PM on 7 February 2008, the First Day of the New Year "Tet Mau Ty".

Professor Hoang Minh Chinh has parted serenely, after achieving the task of

senior activist for democracy. He has guided the democratic movement

in Vietnam in the right direction, and in June 2006, he reactivated

The Democratic Party of Vietnam (established in 1944 but later banned

by the controlled government).

 

Prior to his death, he prepared and carefully transferred all operations of the Party to the next generation that will assume his responsibilities. The Standing Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Vietnam calls upon the members of the DPV to transform the

suffering loss into strength, to unite within the party and reach out to others to move forward for the ultimate goal of the democratization of Vietnam as he wished.

 

As we grieve this great loss, the Standing Central Committee of the DPV would like to announce this sad news to the people of Vietnam and to all the world who believe in peace and democracy.

 

Representing the Standing Central Committee, Nguyen Tam.

 

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