A memorial service for former President Le Duc Anh was held in Hanoi on May 3. After the service, his coffin was taken to the Noi Bai int'l airport to be transported to HCM City where he is burried.
Memorial service for former President General Le Duc Anh is held at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers the funeral oration at the memorial service (Photo: VNA)
Party and State leaders walk past the coffin at the memorial service (Photo: VNA)
Incumbent and former Party and State officials at the memorial service (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R), National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (L) and soldiers carry former President General Le Duc Anh’s coffin to the funeral car (Photo: VNA)
Soldiers put a glass case covering former President General Le Duc Anh’s casket (Photo: VNA)
The hearse carrying his coffin goes through streets in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
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The hearse carries coffin of former President General Le Duc Anh (Photo: VNA)
The hearse carrying coffin of former President General Le Duc Anh is at Noi Bai int'l airport (Photo: VNA)
A soldier holds up a portrait of former President General Le Duc Anh (Photo: VNA)
His coffin is taken to the Noi Bai int'l airport to be transported to HCM City where he is burried at the city’s Martyrs’ Cemetery (Photo: VNA)
His coffin is taken to the Noi Bai int'l airport to be transported to HCM City where he is burried at the city’s Martyrs’ Cemetery (Photo: VNA)
Former Politburo member and former President Le Duc Anh passed away at 20:10 on April 22 at his house on Hoang Dieu street in Hanoi due to illness and old age, according to the National Commission of Health Services for Senior Officials.
President Le Duc Anh made important contributions to implementing Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, openness, diversification and multilateralization of external relations.
A State funeral was held on May 3 for former President General Le Duc Anh, who was also former Politburo member and former advisor to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
National leaders and people nationwide expressed their deep sorrow at the death of former President, General Le Duc Anh at respect-paying ceremonies held simultaneously in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and the former President’s home province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 3 morning.
