The Chief of the Central Internal Affairs Commission of Viet Nam and former Da Nang Party Secretary Mr Nguyen Ba Thanh passed away at his home in the city at 1.10pm on Friday at the age of 62.  In May he had been diagnosed as having myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of bone marrow cancer, and he returned to Da Nang on 9 January after having had treatment for his condition in Ha Noi, Singapore and the USA.

Mr Thanh was born on 8 April 1953 in Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Tien Commune.  He started to be involved in the national revolution in 1964, and became a member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam on 13 February 1980. 

Mr Nguyen Ba Thanh

During his career he held the following key positions: Chairman of Da Nang People’s Committee, Chairman of Da Nang People’s Council, Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee, Head of the city’s National Assembly (NA) members’ group, member of the Vietnamese National Assembly in its 9^th, 11^th, 12^th and 13^th tenures, member of the Party Central Committee in its 10^th and 11^th tenures, Chief of the Central Internal Affairs Commission of Viet Nam, and Deputy Head of the Central Anti-corruption Steering Committee.

He was awarded a First Class Independence Medal from the State President in recognition of his significant contributions to the country’s progress.

A high-level funeral for Mr Thanh is to be held at his house at 189 Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, Khue Trung Ward, Cam Le District, Da Nang.

The respect paying service will begin at 2.30pm today, 14 February, and the memorial service will start at 9.30am on 16 February (the 28^th day of the 12^th lunar month).  He will be laid to rest later the same day in Hoa Tien Commune.

The funeral organising board

To Huy Rua, a Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the Central Committee’s Organisation Commission, is the Head of the organising board

The following is the list of the board’s members:
1  Phan Dinh Trac, a member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission’s Standing Committee
2  Tran Van Minh, a member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Head of the Central Committee’s Organisation Commission
3  Nguyen Doan Khanh, a member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission
4  Pham Anh Tuan, Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission
5  Le Minh Tri, Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission
6  Tran Tho, Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Council
7  Nguyen Duc Hai, a member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Quang Nam Province Party Committee
8  Huynh Duc Tho, Deputy Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee
9  Huynh Nghia, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Council and Head of the Da Nang National Assembly members’ group
10  Le Hong Minh, Head of the Department of Organisation and Government Officials of the Central Internal Affairs Commission
11  Phan Van Tam, Chief Secretary of the Central Internal Affairs Commission
12  Ho Ky Minh, a member of the Da Nang Party Committee and Secretary of the Cam Le District Party Committee, Da Nang
13  Le Van Toan, Secretary of the Hoa Vang District Party Committee, Da Nang
14  Tran Quoc Hung, Secretary of the Party Committee of Cam Le District’s Khue Trung Ward
15  Nguyen Van Toan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Tien Commune
16  Nguyen Ba Binh, a representative from Nguyen Ba Thanh’s family