VOV.VN - A burial service for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was held on July 26 at Mai Dich cemetery in Hanoi, with the boundless sadness shown by mourners at the ceremony shared with people nationwide.

The passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is not only a great loss to Vietnamese people but also to those who love Vietnam, stated Mohamed Djouadj, an Algerian who is Vice Chairman of the World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Federation and Chairman of the African Vovinam Federation (AVF).

VOV.VN - Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people lined the downtown streets of Hanoi to bid farewell to General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong as the State gun carriage takes the leader’s coffin to his final resting place at the Mai Dich Cemetery.

During his theoretical research career, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was a post-graducate student at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA or Presidential Academy) - the largest educational institution in Russia.

VOV.VN - During the two-day State funeral on July 25 - 26, hordes of Buddhist monks, nuns, and followers joined local residents for a requiem in commemoration of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at Quan Su pagoda in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A memorial service for General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong took place at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi on July 26, with large number of leaders and people from all walks of life along with international friends paying their last respects to the late Party leader.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife on July 26, with the pair in Hanoi to attend the state funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - People from all walks of life across the country came together to pay their respects to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and in his hometown in Dong Hoi commune of Hanoi’s Dong Anh district on the morning of July 26.

VOV.VN - Luong Cuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, hosted a reception on July 25 in Hanoi for President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen, who came to attend the state funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Many Vietnamese embassies abroad have solemnly held two-day respect-paying services and opened funeral books to commemorate comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).