 Vietnamese Party and State leaders offer incense to late PM Vo Van Kiet, the architect of Vietnam's economic reform, on his 100th birth anniversary. |
On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh led a delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State to lay a wreath and offer incense at Vo Van Kiet’s tomb in Ho Chi Minh City.
The same day, a national symposium was held, honoring the late PM as an outstanding leader of the Party and the Vietnamese revolution and a contributor to national development.
 The national symposium honors late PM Vo Van Kiet, November 22, 2022. |
Born in 1922 in Vinh Long province, Mr. Kiet, known as Sáu Dân was elected Prime Minister at the first session of Vietnam’s 9th National Assembly. He served from 1992 to 1997 and is remembered as the architect of Vietnam’s economic reform in the 1990s. He died in June 2008 at the age of 86.