Hanoi, March 30 -- Party General Secretary To Lam presided over a ceremony in Hanoi on March 30 to bestow the Military Exploit Order and Party membership badges on several incumbent and former Party and State leaders.

General Secretary Lam presented the first-class Military Exploit Order to Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member of the 13th-term Party Central Committee and Prime Minister; Nguyen Hoa Binh, Politburo member of the 13th-term Party Central Committee and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; Phan Dinh Trac, Politburo member and Secretary of the 13th-term Party Central Committee and former head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs; and Nguyen Van Nen, Politburo member of the 13th-term Party Central Committee ...