State-level funeral held for former Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong
A State-level funeral was held for Truong Vinh Trong, former Politburo member, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, at the great hall of the Ben Tre provincial People’s Committee and the National Funeral Hall on Hanoi on February 21 morning. VNA
Sunday, February 21, 2021 13:37 The respect-paying ceremony for former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong is held at the National Funeral Hall, Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Former Politburo member, former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong passed away at 3:25am on February 19 at the age of 79 due to ailment and old age (Photo: VNA)
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At the reception (Photo: Qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence General
Ngo Xuan Lich hosted a reception
on February 19 for Chinese State Councillor and Minister
of Public Security
Zhao Kezhi, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
Minister Lich emphasised that the visit demonstrates the friendly neighbourliness, fraternal bond as well as the special relations between the Parties, States, and armed forces of the two countries.
He took the occasion to thank the National Immigration Administration of
China for donating medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention to
Vietnam’s Border Guard.
Friday, February 19, 2021, 14:54 GMT+7
Vietnam s former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong. Photo: Reuters
Vietnam s former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has passed away due to old age and serious illness.
Trong, who was a former member of the Politburo, died at 79 at his home in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre at 3:25 am on Friday, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Phan Van Mai confirmed on the same day.
The plan for his funeral, memorial service, and burial ceremony will be announced later.
Truong Vinh Trong was born on November 11, 1942 in Binh Hoa Commune, Giong Trom District, Ben Tre Province.
Friday, February 19, 2021, 08:49 GMT+7
Passengers queue to have samples taken for COVID-19 testing at a bus station in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
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