State-level funeral held for former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan

A state-level funeral was held in Hanoi on the morning of June 27 for former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, who passed away on June 21.

A ceremony for officials to offer their respects was organised at the National Funeral Hall at 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street with the participation of permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Truong Thi Mai, State President Vo Van Thuong, and NA chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former state presidents Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Truong Tan Sang, and former NA chairmen and chairwoman Nguyen Van An, Nguyen Sinh Hung, and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, among others, were also present at the ceremony.

Vu Khoan passed away after a period of illness on June 21 at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi, according to the Central Committee on Health Care for Senior Governmental Officials.

He was born in 1937 in Hanoi and became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1961. He held various positions, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990), Minister of Trade (2000), Deputy Prime Minister in charge of foreign economic relations and Chairman of the National Committee on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation-APEC (2002).