President Nguyen Minh Triet sent condolences to the Acting President of Turkmennistan, Curbanculi Berdymukhammedov on December 22.

President Triet expressed his deepest sympathy for the sudden death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov on December 21. International news services reported that Mr Niyazov died of a heart attack at the age of 66.

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