Painter and photographer Vu Kim Thanh, currently Deputy Director of the Vietnamese Family Partnership (VFP), a London-based charity that aims to bring Vietnamese community together, said he was shocked and deeply sad upon hearing the news on the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Insiders believe in a bright prospect for durian export to China though the world’s largest durian consumer is expanding the cultivation of this fruit.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has always paid great attention to cultural issues, and he has made important contributions to preserving and developing the national culture, and promoting Vietnam’s international integration, said Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hoai Son, permanent member of the National Assembly’s Cultural and Educational Committee.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is not only one of Vietnam's most prominent leaders over decades, but also a rare genius theorist in a historial period with many changes like today, General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutierrez has said.

VOV.VN - Major news agencies around the world made wide coverage of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s passing, emphasizing the Party leader’s role in building the Communist Party of Vietnam, preventing corruption and enhancing Vietnam’s position in the international arena.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Nguyen Minh Tam, deputy head of the Party Central Committee Commission for Foreign Affairs, took part in activities marking 45 years of the Nicaraguan Revolution in capital Managua (July 19).

VOV.VN - During his lifetime, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had special affection, and paid special attention to Vietnamese people and soldiers nationwide.

VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Ngoc Lac district of Thanh Hoa province, a locality in the north-central part of Vietnam, on July 20, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

Flight HX548, operated by Hong Kong Airlines, landed at Da Nang International Airport on July 19, bringing 152 passengers from Hong Kong (China) to explore and experience tourism services in the central city.

VOV.VN - Over the past two years, many books written by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong have been published.