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SPECIAL COMMUNIQUÉ on former State President Tran Duc Luong’s passing

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the National Assembly, the State President, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee have issued a special communiqué, announcing that former State President Tran Duc Luong passed away at 22:51 on May 20, 2025, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.

Comrade Tran Duc Luong, former Politburo member, former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Comrade Tran Duc Luong, former Politburo member, former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the National Assembly, the State President, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee have issued a special communiqué, announcing that former State President Tran Duc Luong passed away at 22:51 on May 20, 2025, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.

The special communiqué reads:

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and his family inform with deep grief:

Comrade Tran Duc Luong, former Politburo member, former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, former Chairman of the Council for National Defence and Security, born on May 5, 1937; native place: Pho Khanh commune, Duc Pho district (now Duc Pho township), Quang Ngai province; residence: No. 298, Van Phuc street, Lieu Giai ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi. He started joining the revolution in February 1955 and was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam on December 19, 1959. He is a member of the Party Central Committee of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th tenures; Politburo member of the 8th, and 9th tenures; permanent member of the Political Bureau of the 8th tenure; Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers from February 1987 to August 1992; Deputy Prime Minister from September 1992 to August 1997; President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from September 1997 to June 2006, Chairman of the Council for National Defence and Security of the 10th and 11th terms; National Assembly deputy of the 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th tenures.

After a period of illness, despite the wholehearted treatment and care by the Party, State, leading medical experts and his family, he passed away at 22:51 on May 20, 2025 due to old age and severe illness at the age of 88 at his residence in Hanoi.

Throughout his over 50 years of revolutionary activities, he has made great and exceptionally outstanding contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. He was conferred by the Party and State with the Gold Star Order, the 65-year Party membership badge and many other noble orders, medals, awards and titles.

His passing is a great loss to our Party, State and people, and his family. In memory of former State President Tran Duc Luong, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front decide to hold the funeral of comrade Tran Duc Luong with the national mourning etiquette.

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE VIETNAM FATHERLAND FRONT

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