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HCMC – A respect-paying ceremony as part of the two-day State funeral in honor of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee began today, July 25.
The ceremony is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. today, July 25, and from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow, July 26 at the National Funeral Hall, No. 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi.
A memorial service will take place at 1 p.m. on July 26, followed by his burial at the Mai Dich Cemetery at 3 p.m. on the same day in Hanoi City.
Simultaneous ceremonies are being held at the Reunification Hall in HCMC and at his hometown in Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi City.
During the two-day national mourning, the national flag at governmental offices and public places is flown at half-mast and entertainment activities are suspended.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s body lies in state at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi CityA half-mast flag-raising ceremony began at Ba Dinh Square at 6 a.m. to mark the start of the State funeralParty General Secretary Trong’s family attends the funeralNgo Thi Man, the spouse of Party General Secretary TrongA high-ranking delegation of the Party Central Committee, led by General To Lam, State President of Vietnam (C, front row)President To Lam adjusts a funeral wreathA respect-paying ceremony is held simultaneously in the hometown of Party General Secretary Trong in Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi CityLocals gather to offer condolences to the family of the Party chiefThe ceremony is also held at the Reunification Hall in District 1, HCMCDaniel Stork, consul general of the Netherlands in HCMC, and other representatives of the diplomatic corps in HCMC pay their last respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu TrongThe State President delegation pays tribute to Party General Secretary TrongThe National Assembly (NA) delegation led by NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man (3rd, R)Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L, front row) leads a delegation of the GovernmentDo Van Chien, president of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and other members of the committee’s delegation pay their last respects to the Party chiefPresident of the NA of People’s Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez attends the funeral. Cuba is one of the first countries to inform Vietnam that it would send a delegation to Vietnam to pay their last respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu TrongA flag is flown at half-mast at the Hanoi Flag Tower. Entertainment activities are suspended nationwide for two days of mourningA high-ranking delegation from South Korea led by Prime Minister Han Duck-sooA delegation of the Indonesian government led by Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran SulaimanAn Australian delegation led by President of the Australian Senate Sue LinesA delegation from Switzerland attends the funeral, with Alexandre Fasel, State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, standing in the front rowAn Algerian delegation led by Laid Rebiga, minister of Mujahideen (War Veterans) and Rights HoldersSoldiers conduct a flag-raising ceremony at half-mast on Truong Sa Archipelago off the coast of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa
