More condolences extended to Vietnam over the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong
WVR/VNA - Following the passing of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, leaders from various countries, international organisations, parties, and friendship organisations worldwide have sent condolences to the CPV Central Committee, the President, Prime Minister, and people of Vietnam, and the late leader’s family.
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| Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: VNA) |
Canada's Governor General Mary Simon said in her message that the Party General Secretary will be remembered for his dedicated service to the Vietnamese people. She said Canada appreciates his support for the establishment of a comprehensive partnership between Canada and Vietnam, which has benefited both peoples.
Letters of condolence were sent to President To Lam from Croatian President Zoran Milanović, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) Obert Moses Mpofu, Chairman of the People's Party of Kazakhstan Ermūhamet Ertısbaev, and Chief Representative of Japan's Komeito Party Yamaguchi Natsuo.
Meanwhile, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sent a message of condolence to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The CPV Central Committee has received additional messages/letters of condolences from General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party Paulo Raimundo, the presidium of the Hungarian Workers' Party, the Swiss Party of Labour, the Central Committee of the Colombian Communist Party, the Peruvian Communist Party; the Communist Party of Peru-Red Fatherland, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front of El Salvador, the international secretary of the Communist Party of Denmark, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Brazil, the Secretariat of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, the head of the external relations committee of the Left Party of Germany, the Justicialist Party of Argentina, the Politburo of the Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq, and the Central Committee of the Paraguayan Communist Party.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations received condolence messages from the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity, the China-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Republic of Korea-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Chairman of the Japan Committee for Asian-African-Latin American Solidarity, the Sri Lanka People's Liberation Front, the Egyptian Peace Committee, the Mongolia-Vietnam Friendship Association, and the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Association.
UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy sent a letter of condolences to Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
