HANOI - Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died on July 19, the government has said. There will be two days of national mourning on July 25 and 26, a government statement said, with the state funeral on the second day. During the mourning period there...
Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attends a joint statement with US President Joe Biden at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept 10, 2023.HANOI - Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died on July 19, the government has said.
Mr Trong died at the age of 80 after holding Vietnam's most powerful position for 13 years, overseeing fast economic growth, a years-long anti-graft crackdown and a pragmatic foreign policy. The government statement called Mr Trong's death a huge loss to the party, the state, the Vietnamese people and his family.
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