Leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba and Russia have sent messages and letters of condolences to Vietnam, following the death of former Politburo member and former State President Tran Duc Luong on May 20.

Top leaders of the Lao Party and State paid their respects to former Vietnamese State President Tran Duc Luong at the Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane on May 24 afternoon.

VOV.VN - A ceremony to lower the national flag to half-mast was held at 6 a.m. on May 24 at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi to mark a two-day national mourning for former President Tran Duc Luong.

VOV.VN - A State funeral for former Politburo member and former State President Tran Duc Luong was held at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi on the morning of May 24.

VOV.VN - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on May 22 announced an official mourning period from 6:00 a.m. on May 24 to midnight on May 25 (local time) in honor of former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Duc Luong.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front have announced a state funeral for former President Tran Duc Luong, who passed away on May 20 at the age of 88.

VOV.VN - Former Politburo member and former President Tran Duc Luong of Vietnam passed away on May 20 at the age of 88, according to the specialised council for the protection of senior officials' health.