Growing up in poverty
Mr. Ngo Ba Duc (born in 1943, Lai Da village, Dong Hoi commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi) is a person who has been close from childhood to high school years with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Talking with the Labor reporter, Mr. Duc recalled the simple, rustic childhood memories of his classmate, those are very beautiful memories that he always remembers about General Secretary Nguyen Phu. Trong.
As a classmate with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from elementary school, middle school to high school, in Mr. Ngo Ba Duc's memory, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was a very smart, careful person who studied literature very well. , has beautiful handwriting. As for Mr. Duc, he favors natural subjects such as Physics and Chemistry.
Growing up together, during their high school years at Nguyen Gia Thieu school, due to their compatible personalities, Mr. Duc, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and another friend rented a house across the Red River for convenience. learning.
"At that time, the economy was poor, each month our family only gave us 15kg of rice, and we had to take care of our own expenses. The most memorable days were the days when we swam to the Red River beach and picked up firewood to dry. then cook.
On some days, after studying in the afternoon, we went to Duc Giang Industrial Park (present-day Long Bien district) to give supplementary lessons to workers and earn money to buy books and books. On summer vacation, he didn't go home but often stayed, went to the construction site to work as a day laborer, to earn money to prepare for the new school year" - Mr. Duc recalled.
Also according to Mr. Duc, after finishing high school, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed the entrance exam to General University, while Mr. Duc attended Pedagogical University. The group of close friends includes Mr. Vuong Khac Con, who joined the army, then after studying at Pedagogical University, returned to his hometown to teach; Mr. Chan studied electrical engineering; Mr. Ta Sinh Ke was in the army on Truong Son Street and is now retired...
Despite being so busy with state affairs, according to Mr. Ngo Ba Duc, in 2000, when his mother passed away in Lai Da village, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong still came to visit and offer condolences to his family late at night, very late. thoughtful and polite.
In the eyes of the people in Lai Da village, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has no gap between high and low, but is very considerate and thoughtful, often asking about friends, and enthusiastically helping if there is anything.
"On July 19, at 6:00 p.m., I was shocked to hear that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong - a friend of mine - had passed away. Three of my friends who lived in the same room in the past have now lost one, and one is also in the hospital." - Mr. Duc said.
Flipping through the souvenir photos from when he was studying at Nguyen Gia Thieu School, Mr. Duc felt sad and couldn't hold back his tears, remembering General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
A close, good student friend
As a close classmate from elementary school to the end of middle school, Mr. Vuong Khac Con (born in 1943, living in Lai Da village, Dong Hoi commune, Dong Anh district) shares with Lao Dong his normal childhood memories. strange, the years of going to school with his classmate, later General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Mr. Vuong Khac Con confided that, due to the lack of everything, his and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's childhood consisted of meals mixed with potatoes and cassava, afternoons bathing in the river together, herding buffaloes, and pulling rice seedlings. , go to the fields to find ripe tomatoes to eat when you come home hungry from school...
In Mr. Con's memory, right from his elementary school years, his friend (General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong) was one of the best students in the class, loved by his friends and teachers.
After completing high school, Mr. Con joined the army, then attended Pedagogical University and then returned to work as a teacher in Dong Anh district, while his classmate, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, studied at the University. General studies, then journalism and a political career.
Hearing the news of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's death, Mr. Con and many of his fellow students were very shocked and saddened by their friend with many deep memories.
