A state funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong began at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi on July 25. Photo by Dantri.
The funeral is scheduled to last two days, from July 25 to 26, and will be attended by Vietnamese and foreign leaders as well as people who wish to pay their respects to the party leader.
Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs, Dao Ngoc Dung, leads a delegation to pay respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
A requiem held for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at Dai Bi Pagoda in Thanh Hoa Province.
Vuong Khac Con, 81, who studied at the same class at primary and secondary level with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, cries when attending a memorial service for the late party leader at his hometown in Dong Anh District.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son leads a delegation to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
9 am: Nguyen Hoa Binh, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court leads a delegation to attend the state funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Chief of Party Central Committee Office Nguyen Duy Ngoc leads a delegation to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
A requiem held for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at Hanoi's Quan Su Pagoda.
Officers and soldiers on DK1 Platforms fly the national flag half-mast during the state funeral and set up an altar for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Attending the funeral, former Hanoi vice chairman Do Hoang An (in glasses) poses for a photo with the Toyota Crown which had been used by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong since he was Hanoi Party Committee Secretary in 2000.
Bui Thi Minh Hoai, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, leads a delegation to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Trong, who served from 2000 to 2006.
Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang leads a delegation from the Central Public Security Party Committee to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
A delegation from the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, led by Minister of Defence Phan Van Giang, pays tribute to the Party leader.
8 am: A delegation from the Vietnamese Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena pays tribute to the Party leader.
At 7.53 am: President of the Australian Senate Sue Lines led a delegation to attend the state funeral for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.
At 7.55: The National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval also led a delegation to pay tribute to Vietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong.
A delegation from Republic of Korea, led by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, pay tribute to Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
7.43 am: Chairman of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba, Esteban Lazo Hernandez, leads a delegation to pay tribute to Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
7.38 am: Do Van Chien, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee leads a delegation from the VFF to pay tribute to the Party leader.
7.32 am: A delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA), led by NA chairman Tran Thanh Man, pays tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
7.28 am: State President To Lam leads a delegation of state and former state leaders to pay tribute to the late Party leader.
7.25 am: A delegation from the Vietnamese Government, led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, pays tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, led by State President To Lam, pays tribute to the late Party General Secretary.
The family members of Party General Nguyen Phu Trong, led by his wife Ngo Thi Man, pay tribute to him at the National Funeral House in Hanoi on July 25.
Many countries have sent senior leaders to Hanoi to attend the funeral. Among them are Chairman of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba, Esteban Lazo Hernandez; Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning; Republic of Korea Prime Minister Han Duck-soo; State Secretary Antony Blinken of the United States; and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Don McKinnon are scheduled to arrive in Hanoi for the Vietnamese Party leader’s funeral.
According to the state funeral committee led by State President To Lam, a tribute service for the party leader will be organised at the National Funeral House at 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street in Hanoi from 7 am-10 pm on July 25 and from 7 am-1 pm on July 26.
A memorial service will be organised at the National Funeral House at 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street in Hanoi at 1 pm on July 26. And the burial service will be held at 3 pm the same day at Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi.
Alongside the State funeral in Hanoi, a memorial service is also taking place in several localities, including Dong Anh district of Hanoi where the Party leader was born, and in Ho Chi Minh City which is the country’s largest financial-economic hub.
People pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at his home in Hanoi's Dong Anh District.
Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Nen pays tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at a memorial service held in the city.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away in Hanoi on July 19 at the age of 80 due to his old age and serious illness.
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