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Truong Chinh ( pseudonym meaning “ Long March ”, born Dang Xuan Khu ( 9 February 1907, Xuan Truong District, Nam Dinh Province – 30 September 1988, Hanoi ) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician.

From 1941 to 1957, he was Vietnam's second-ranked communist leader ( after Ho Chi Minh ).

Following the death of Le Duan in 1986, he was briefly Vietnam's top leader.