Nguyễn Văn Linh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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General secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
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Place of Birth: Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam
About Nguyễn Văn Linh
- Nguy?n Van Linh (Vietnamese: [?wi?n? van li??]; 1 July 1915 – 27 April 1998) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician.
- Nguy?n Van Linh was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War.
- During his time in office, Linh was a strong advocate of "Ð?i M?i" (renovation), an economic plan whose aim is to turn Vietnam economy to a socialist-oriented market economy.
- As such, Linh was often touted as the Vietnamese Gorbachev after the Soviet leader, who introduced Perestroika.
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