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| Flag hoisted half-mast in national mourning for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: At 6am on July 25, in Hanoi, the national flag is flown half-mast at Ba Dinh Square, marking the start of the national mourning for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong which will last from July 25-26, 2024. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
Crowds of people gathered at the site to witness the ceremony, many broke out into tears.
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| Ms. Bui Thi Tuong Hanh was moved when participating in the ceremony of lowering the national flag to half-mast for the national mourning of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
During the mourning, flags will be hoisted half-mast at the public offices throughout the country and at the Vietnamese representative offices abroad, and public entertainment and recreation activities halted.
According to the Mourning Board, many offices, organisations, and private households have been doing so even before the start of the national mourning.
The respect-paying ceremony for the deceased will start at the National Mourning Hall in Hanoi from 7am of July 25, the memorial service from 1pm of July 26 at the same place, and the burial service at 3mp of July 26 at Hanoi’s Mai Dich Cemetery.
Here are a number of photos taken by the World and Vietnam Report's photographer during the flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square.
At 5:50 am, on July 25, the Honour Guard of Regiment 275, Command of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, performed the ceremony of attaching the mourning band to the national flag at Ba Dinh Square, in front of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi.
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| The Honour Guard of Regiment 275, Command of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, performed the ceremony of attaching the mourning band to the national flag at Ba Dinh Square, in front of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi. (Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
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| Lễ thượng cờ rủ Quốc tang Tổng Bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
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| Flag-hoisting ceremony at half-mast for the national mourning at Ba Dinh Square. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
