VIETNAM’S FORMER COMMUNIST PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY DO MUOI PASSES AWAY

Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Do Muoi, a key figure in Vietnam’s revolutionary struggles and its opening up era, died Monday night. He passed away at 11:12 p.m at the 108 Military Hospital in Hanoi. He died of old age after a period of serious illness despite efforts by doctors and his family.

“Comrade Do Muoi had gone through various working positions and made great contribution to the revolutionary cause of the Party and nation,” the statement said

Top former and current officials attend Do Muois funeral in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh

The state funeral for Vietnam’s former Party General Secretary received top officials, veterans and residents in Hanoi Saturday. Memorial ceremonies are held at the same time at the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City. A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday and Do Muoi will be buried in his hometown in Hanoi’s Thanh Tri District at 1 p.m. the same day.

For his state funeral, several major streets near the funeral home will be closed on Saturday and Sunday.

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STATE FUNERAL, NATIONAL MOURNING TO BE HELD FOR PRESIDENT TRAN DAI QUANG

Vietnam will hold a state funeral and national mourning this week for President Tran Dai Quang, who died last week of a rare illness at age 61.

Flags will be flown at half-mast and entertainment venues shut for two days starting Sep 26. President Quang will be buried in his home village in northern Ninh Binh province, some 115 kilometers (72 miles) south of Hanoi the next day.

“His passing away is a great loss for our party, state and people,” the Communist Party of Vietnam said in a statement Sunday, adding that the funeral would be broadcast live. Buddhist prayer ceremonies were held over the weekend, including a gathering of hundreds of monks who bowed before a portrait of Quang in a Ho Chi Minh City pagoda on Sunday.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has been named acting president – the first female in the position until a replacement is decided by an election at an unspecified date.

We were shocked and heartbroken to learn about the passing of H.E Tran Dai Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We would like to deeply express our sympathy to the family of the President, the Communist Party, the government and the people of Vietnam.