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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong extended the best wishes to General Giap, the eldest brother of the Vietnam People’s Army and an excellent student of President Ho Chi Minh, who was loved and admired by people nationwide and international friends. 

The Party leader presented the General with a basket of lotus as a symbol of the beauty and vitality of the Vietnamese nation and affirmed that the whole Party, army and people always respect and remember his great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. 

State President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented flowers and wished General Giap good health and longevity. They expressed wishes that the General would continue his devotion to the revolutionary cause of the nation. 

Congratulating the world famous general and national hero on his 100^th birthday, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung offered the NA badge to the General, showing the NA’s respect for the eldest brother of the Vietnam People’s Army. 

The leaders promised that they will do their utmost together with the whole Party, army and people to overcome difficulties and challenges to successfully implement the Resolution of the 11^th National Party Congress. 

On the same day, Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh and Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi visited General Giap. 

On this occasion, some books on General Vo Nguyen Giap have been published, including a book entitled, “Vo Nguyen Giap – A hundred-year spirit” by the Youth Publishing House; a pictorial entitled, “General Vo Nguyen Giap, a century - two protracted wars” by the Kim Dong Publishing House; and a book entitled, “General, Commander-in-Chief Vo Nguyen Giap with Vietnamese history” by the National Political Publishing House.