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Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away today. (www.reuters.com)
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[-] qwename@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

PSA: Comrade Nguyễn Phú Trọng's surname is Nguyễn, not "Trong", his first name is Phú Trọng, not Trong.

~~NYT also made the same mistake, by referring to him as "Mr. Trong"~~: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/world/asia/nguyen-phu-trong-dead.html

~~This would be like referring to Mao Zedong as "Dong" or "Mr. Dong".~~

I thought this was a mistake, but according to Vietnamese customs "Mr. Trong" or "Trong" is indeed a valid way to refer to Comrade Trong. This is a humiliating display in lack of investigation by myself.

The point about Mr. Dong still stands for Chinese names.

[-] davel@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There’s no going back from this comment: he’s Mr. Dong forever now.

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 months ago

It’s not even the goofiest name a communist leader has had. Stalin quite literally changed his birth name to, “Joe Steel”, like he’s some sort of cosplaying superhero.

If we can have a Joe Steel, then we can absolutely have a Mr. Dong.

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh we should absolutely refer to him as Mr. Dong now.

[-] Toenails02@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

From 2010 to 2020, Vietnam lifted 10 million people out of poverty. For nine of those years, Phú Trọng was general secretary. Rest in peace, comrade.

[-] darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 months ago

Rest in power.

What does this mean for Vietnam now? I assume like China there are unfortunately liberal capitalist roaders who want to take the road to ruin. I hope this doesn't give them an opening.

[-] borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago

Rest in peace comrade 😢

[-] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 months ago

Oh damn, I think we had a meeting between him and CPUSA representatives.

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