Work starts on memorial house for VGCL founder Nguyen Duc Canh
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the northern port city of Hai Phong on February 3 started construction of a memorial house dedicated to Nguyen Duc Canh, founder of the Tong Cong Hoi Do Bac Ky, the predecessor of the VGCL, on the occasion of his 110th birthday.
Officials of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and Hai Phong city offer incense to Nguyen Duc Canh (Photo: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – The Vietnam General Confederation ofLabour (VGCL) and the northern port city of Hai Phong on February 3 started constructionof a memorial house dedicated to Nguyen Duc Canh, founder of the Tong Cong HoiDo Bac Ky, the predecessor of the VGCL, on the occasion of his 110th birthday.
Addressing the ceremony, VGCL President Bui Van Cuong recalled therevolutionary life of the late communist, who was once Hai Phong Party CommitteeSecretary. He said that the memorial house is expected to serve as a venue toremember the late leader.
Located in An Dong commune, An Duong district, the project covers 3.04hectares and is scheduled to complete in 2019 on the occasion of the 90th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Trade Union.
In 2007, locals of Hai Phong built a memorial house for Canh and martyrHo Ngoc Lan in Thong Nhat shoe company in An Duong district.
Canhwas born on February 2, 1908 in Diem Dien village, in today Thai Thuy districtof Thai Binh.
Beingenlightened by the revolutionary ideology, he joined various patrioticmovements in 1925-26 when he was studying in Thanh Chung Nam Dinh High School.Then he joined the Vietnam Youth Revolution Association, which was a turningpoint in his revolutionary life.
In1928, he was assigned to work as Hai Phong Party Secretary. In 1929, theworking class movement had developed well and Canh had made lots ofcontributions to Tong Cong Hoi Do Bac Ky (the predecessor of the VietnamGeneral Confederation of Labour).
InMarch 1929, at House No 5D, Ham Long street of Hanoi, the first Communist unitin Vietnam was established with eight members including Canh.
InJune 1929, he was elected to be a provisional member of the Central Committeeof the Indochina Communist Party.
In April 1931, he was captured by the French. Though he was tortured bythe invaders, he did not reveal any secrets of the Party. He was sentenced todeath by the French and was killed in 1932.
Earlier on February 2, a scientific seminar was held in Hai Phong todiscuss the contributions of Canh to the working class and trade uniondevelopment of Vietnam.-VNA
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid tribute to Nguyen Duc Canh, one of the Party founders, in a memorial site dedicated to the late leader in Thai Thuy, Thai Binh, on his 110th birthday.
A scientific workshop on distinguished communist revolutionary Nguyen Duc Canh (1908-1932) was held to commemorate the 110th anniversary of his birth in his homeland in Thai Binh province on Feburary 1.
A ceremony was held in the northern province of Thai Binh on February 2 to mark the 110th birthday of Nguyen Duc Canh, one of the founders and first leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam who sacrificed his life for the revolution of the Party and people.
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Officials of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and Hai Phong city offer incense to Nguyen Duc Canh (Photo: VNA) 
