Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tat Thanh Cang visited the Russian Consulate General in the southern city on June 30 to commemorate the passing of former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.

In his notes in the funeral book, the municipal official expressed his deepest sympathies to the Russian authorities, people and the former PM’s family.

Primakov, who passed away on June 26 at the age of 85, served as Prime Minister in 1998-1999.-VNA