The man credited with being the architect of Vietnam's military victories over France and the United States, General Vo Nguyen Giap, has died, reports Australia Network News.
The revered Vietnamese military figure was 102.
Giap died on Friday evening, at a military hospital he had been staying at for several years in the capital Hanoi.
He was born in central Vietnam on August 25, 1911.
The founding father of the Vietnam People's Army was known for his guerilla tactics against French and American-led forces in the country.
Giap is widely regarded as one of Vietnam's most revered figures, second only to the late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh.
"He's a mythic, heroic figure for Vietnam," said Carl Thayer, an Australia-based scholar of the country.
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