Veteran journalist Hoang Tung, former member of the Viet Nam Communist Party Central Committee and editor-in-chief of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, passed away in Hanoi on June 29 at the age of 91.
The journalist whose given name was Tran Khanh Tho was born in the northern province of Ha Nam in 1920.
He was Party Committee Secretary of Hanoi and Hai Phong and held many other important positions.
He was awarded the Order of the Golden Star, the nation's highest honor, the Ho Chi Minh Order, the First-class Independence Medal and the First-class Resistance War Medal for his contribution to the country's independence and development.
He was also granted the Freedom Order (Itsala) by the People's Democratic Republic of Laos (LPDR).
The body of the former member of the Vietnam Communist Party Central Committee is being kept at the National Funeral House at 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street in Hanoi for people to pay their respects, and will be buried at Mai Dich Cemetery on July 2.
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