VOV.VN -Around 1,500 domestic and international delegations with roughly 50,000 people paid their last respects to President Tran Dai Quang by 17:00 on September 26, as announced by the National Funeral Organising Board.
VOV.VN - A tribute-paying ceremony for President Tran Dai Quang took place at Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on September 25 urged all-level trade unions to renew and improve the efficiency of their operation in the new situation.
Many Party and State leaders attended a session of the 12th Congress of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) for the 2018-2023 tenure in Hanoi on September 25.
Before becoming the President in April 2016, General Tran Dai Quang had worked in the public security sector for years and served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016.
The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front have issued a special communiqué, announcing that President Tran Dai Quang died at 10:05am on September 21, 2018, and his funeral will be held as a national mourning.
VOV.VN -Tran Dai Quang, born in 1956, Member of the Politburo, and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam died of serious illness at 10:05 am on September 21, 2018, according to an official source from the Board of Healthcare Services for Senior Officials.
The 27th meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee concluded on September 20 after nine working days to prepare important contents for the NA’s sixth session slated for October.
The National Assembly Standing Committee has commended the improvement in the Government’s handling of issues raised in the NA resolutions and Question-&-Answer (Q&A) sessions.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the Politburo’s meeting in Hanoi on September 18-19 to acquire feedback on schemes to be submitted to the eighth meeting of the Party Central Committee (12th tenure).