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Trần Phú (May 1, 1904 - April 6, 1931) was the first general secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party, later renamed to Communist Party of Vietnam. He was born on May 1, 1904, at the village an An Tho, now part of An Dan Commune, Tuy An District, where his father, Tran Van Pho, was as teacher. His father was born at the village of Tùng Sinh, now part of Tùng Ảnh Commune, Đức Thọ District, Hà Tĩnh Province. He completed Thành Chung in 1922 and on 1925, he joined Hội Phục Việt (later renamed Tân Việt Cách mạng Đảng) in Vinh, Nghệ An.
In 1926, he went to Canton (or Guangzhou), China, to arrange the merger of his organization with Việt Nam Cách mạng Thanh niên.
In 1927, he went to the USSR and studied at Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow.
In 1928, he attended the sixth session of Communist International.
On 11 October 1929, the court of Nam triều in Nghệ An proceeded the trial in absentia of some members of the Indochinese Communist Party, Trần Phú was one of those accused.