Foreign friends pay tribute to late President Tran Dai Quang

September 27, 2018 | 09:43
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Representatives of foreign parties, States and Governments as well as ambassadors and charges d’affaires and international organisations in Vietnam paid tribute to President Tran Dai Quang on Wednesday morning in Hanoi.
foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
The Lao delegation led by Vice President Phankham Viphavanh pays tribute to late President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi.
foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
The Cambodian delegation led by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen.

The State funeral for Tran Dai Quang, Politburo member and President of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam, was held by the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, State President Office, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee.

foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
The Singaporean delegation at the funeral of late President Tran Dai Quang.

President Tran Dai Quang is lying in state at the National Funeral Hall, No 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi.

foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
A delegation from Japan was led by Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Toshihiro Nika. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko also sent a wreath to the funeral.

The ceremony started at 7am and will ends at 7am on Thursday.

foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon pays tribute to late president Tran Dai Quang at the ceremony on Wednesday.
foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
Archbishop Marek Zalewski, Non-residential Pontifical Representative to Vietnam, and Cardinal Nguyen Van Nhon also led delegations of the Vatican and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam, respectively, to pay homage to President Quang.

At the same time, ceremonies also took place at the Thong Nhat Hall in HCM City, and in Village 13, Quang Thien Commune, Kim Sơn District, Ninh Bình Province, the late president’s home town.

foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
Chairman of the Council of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich leads a delegation to pay tribute to late President Tran Dai Quang.
foreign friends pay tribute to late president tran dai quang
French delegation pay tribute to late President Tran Dai Quang.

President Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi due to serious illness at the age of 62.

VNA

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