Vietnamese Leaders Pay Tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh on 80th Anniversary of First General Election
Hanoi, The Gulf Observer: Party and State leaders, along with representatives of multiple generations of National Assembly deputies, paid tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh at his Mausoleum on Tuesday morning to mark the 80th anniversary of Việtnam’s first general election (January 6, 1946 – 2026).
Attending the ceremony were Party General Secretary Tô Lâm, State President Lương Cường, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn, and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Trần Cẩm Tú.
Also present were former Party General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh, former State Presidents Nguyễn Minh Triết and Trương Tấn Sang, former National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, along with current and former Party and State leaders, members of the Politburo, secretaries of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Ministers, and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Assembly.
With profound respect and gratitude, the delegation expressed deep remembrance of President Hồ Chí Minh’s immense contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. President Hồ Chí Minh devoted his entire life to the struggle for national liberation and reunification, and to the building of an independent, unified, and prosperous Việt Nam. The wreath laid at the Mausoleum bore the inscription: “Forever grateful to great President Hồ Chí Minh.”
Eighty years ago, on January 6, 1946, the Vietnamese people exercised their right to mastery for the first time by participating in a nationwide general election to directly elect deputies to the National Assembly. The success of this historic election affirmed the democratic and progressive nature of the Vietnamese State and reflected the strategic vision and creative revolutionary thinking of the Party and President Hồ Chí Minh. It laid a firm foundation for building a State of the people, by the people, and for the people.
From the first general election in 1946 to the present, Việtnam has successfully organized 15 National Assembly elections. Nevertheless, President Hồ Chí Minh’s imprint on the election of the first National Assembly remains deeply engraved in the hearts and minds of generations of Vietnamese people.
The late leader’s directives, decrees, and activities during that historic period continue to hold enduring value, providing important lessons for successive generations in electoral work and in building a National Assembly worthy of being the highest representative body and the highest organ of State power of the Socialist Republic of Việtnam.
Following the ceremony at the Mausoleum, the delegation laid wreaths and offered incense in tribute to fallen heroes and martyrs at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Bắc Sơn Street in Hanoi.
Earlier the same morning, a national-level ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the first general election to elect deputies to the National Assembly of Việtnam was held solemnly at the Diên Hồng Hall of the National Assembly House, with the attendance of Party General Secretary Tô Lâm and current and former Party and State leaders.
