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Diaz-Canel sends condolences for the death of former President of Vietnam, Le Duc Anh

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Date: 2021-08

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, conveyed in his Twitter account, the condolences for the death of the former president of Viet Nam, Le Duc Anh.

General offensive and the uprising in the spring of 1968

At the time of the general offensive and the uprising in the spring of 1968, Anh was the chief of staff of the Commando of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam. He was also the second in command of the Ho Chí Minh Campaign, the military campaign that ended the three-decade conflict in Vietnam, and unified the country on April 30, 1975.

A veteran of four wars and a fighting companion to the historic leader (Uncle) Ho Chi Minh, Anh was the chief of the Vietnamese forces deployed in Cambodia after the defeat of the genocidal regime of Pol Pot in 1979. Anh was promoted to the rank of general in 1984. In his military career, General Le Duc Anh fought for more than 30 years in the wars of resistance against the French and the Americans.

He fought for 10 years to the regime of the Khmer Rouge in the Cambodian War He was also famous for fighting for 10 years the regime of the Khmer Rouge in the Cambodian War. He was also Minister of Defense from 1987 to 1991, and later became president until September 1997, playing an important role in the normalization of diplomatic relations between Vietnam, China and the United States. Le Duc Anh was born in 1920 in the district of Phú Loc, province Thúa Thien-Hue, and since last February, due to a cerebral hemorrhage, he remained in critical condition. In the coming days will be released the details about his funeral. In October 1995, he visited Cuba as president. Around this time, Hanoi sends important donations of rice to Havana to face the impact of the US blockade.

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