Politics

More condolences sent to Vietnam over President Tran Dai Quang’s death

Leaders of countries, parties, and organisations continued sending letters of condolences to Vietnam over the death of President Tran Dai Quang.
More condolences sent to Vietnam over President Tran Dai Quang’s death ảnh 1President Tran Dai Quang (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of countries, parties, and organisationscontinued sending letters of condolences to Vietnam over the death of PresidentTran Dai Quang.

President Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September21 in Hanoi at the age of 62 due to serious illness.

On September 24, the Special Envoy of Cambodian King NorodomSihamoni visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh to convey the King’s letterof condolences to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)Nguyen Phu Trong.

In the letter, the King affirmed that the passing ofPresident Tran Dai Quang is “a loss of a prominent and valuable leader of theVietnamese nation and people, who had made positive contributions to theconstruction and development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.

“The Queen Mother, Cambodian people and I would like to extendour sympathy to the family of the President and the fraternal Vietnamese nationand people,” he wrote.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo sent a letter ofcondolences to Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.

In his letter, he expressed his regret not to be able to go toVietnam to attend the funeral of the President, adding that he had assigned theCoordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs to be hisSpecial Envoy to pay tribute to the Vietnamese State leader on his behalf.

Japanese Emperor Akihito also cabled his condolence toActing President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.

Leaders of many countries sent their sympathies to leadersof the CPV, the State and people of Vietnam, including Algeria’s PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika, Ethiopia’s President Mulatu Teshome, Sri Lanka’s PresidentMaithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Saudi Arabia’sKing Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin AbdulazizAl Saud, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Guinea-Bissau’s President José MarioVaz, Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, andChairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly of theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Young Nam.

Leaders of the Communist Party of India’s National CouncilS.Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile LautaroCarmona Soto and the party’s President Guillermo Teillier del Valle, GeneralSecretary of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) Aleksandar Banjanac,and Peruvian Foreign Minister Néstor Popolizio Bardales also cabled messages ofsympathies to the Vietnamese Party, State and people and the family ofPresident Tran Dai Quang.

The overseas Vietnamese association in Udon Thani provinceof Thailand and the Annam Buddhist Sangha in Thailand also sent letters ofcondolences to the Party, Government and people.

The respect-paying ceremony for President Tran Dai Quangwill start at 7am on September 26 at the National Funeral Hall on 5 Tran ThanhTong Street, Hanoi.

The memorial service will be held at 7:30am on September 27 atthe National Funeral Hall. The burial ceremony will take place from 3:30pm onthe same day in the President’s hometown in Quang Thien commune, Kim Sondistrict, Ninh Binh province. –VNA
VNA
#President Tran Dai Quang #letters of condolences #Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni #serious illness #Vietnam #Vietnamplus #Vietnam News Agency
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

See more

Party General Secretary To Lam (right) receives former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro on March 20. (Photo: VNA)

Party chief praises former special ambassador for helping strengthen Vietnam-Japan ties

Party General Secretary To Lam called on former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro to further support Vietnam by expanding healthcare and education activities in remote areas, enhancing Vietnam’s global image through Japanese media, maintaining cultural exchange programmes, and strengthening support for the Vietnamese community in Japan.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the conference. (Photo: VNA)

PM urges swiftly translating Party's policies into reality

PM Pham Minh Chinh, who is also head of the Inspection Team, applauded the proactive, creative, and determined efforts of the Party Committees’ Standing Boards of the three localities in leading, directing, and implementing the Party's resolutions, conclusions, and directives.

Party General Secretary To Lam speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Party chief urges Vietnamese, Chinese youths to further develop bilateral ties

Party General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam consistently treasure and prioritise the development of the Vietnam-China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership as well as the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, for the happiness of the two nations' people and for peace and progress of humanity.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Van Hai (L) presents State President Luong Cuong's credentials to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese Ambassador presents credentials to Mexican President

Highlighting Vietnam's consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation, development, and diversification and multilateralisation of external relations, the diplomat underscored Vietnam’s desire to further promote and deepen its relationship with Mexico in the coming time.

Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) Ngo Van Tuan (L) meets with Mayor of Chongqing Hu Henghua. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam strengthens audit cooperation with China’s Chongqing city

Briefing the host of the outcomes of his working session with the National Audit Office of China, Tuan appreciated the effective cooperation between the two agencies over nearly two decades, particularly the maintenance of the annual joint seminars with topics aligned with international auditing trends.

Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Minh Nguyet (middle) poses for a photo with delegates at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam assumes rotating chairmanship of ASEAN Committee in Argentina

In addition to official ASEAN activities, such as the ASEAN event at the Argentine Parliament, the Vietnamese Embassy will host cultural and social exchanges, including ASEAN Family Day, sports competitions, and culinary and cultural events. These activities seek to foster mutual understanding and uphold the traditional solidarity among ASEAN nations in Buenos Aires.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Tran Quoc Khanh at the meeting with Touggourt Governor Othmane Abdelaziz (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam boosts cooperation with Algerian localities

During the visit to these provinces, the delegation met with both provincial governors and head of local departments, organised market research discussions, and explored cooperation and investment opportunities in politics, economics, trade, tourism and cultural exchange.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung pays a working trip to Guangdong province’s Shenzhen city on March 18 and 19. (Photo: VGP)

Deputy PM explores economic development experience in Shenzhen city

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung highlighted Vietnam's ambitious goals to become an upper-middle income country by 2030 and a high-income developed nation by 2045, requiring the country to overcome challenges, particularly achieving double-digit growth rates through digital transformation, scientific-technological advancement, and developing the private economic sector as the most important driver.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Nguyen Trong Nghia (right) shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei at their meeting on March 19. (Photo: VNA)

Senior Party official receives Chinese ambassador

While highlighted the history of Vietnam-China relations, Nghia stated that the Vietnamese Party and State always consider strengthening relations with China a strategic choice and a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, and diversification of international relations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (second, left) holds talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Szijjarto Peter. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, Hungary look for stronger multifaceted cooperation

Vietnam and Hungary will closely coordinate to fully tap opportunities brought about by the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) while facilitating the entry of their agricultural and aquatic products into each other’s markets.