Funeral of former President Tran Duc Luong in Quang Ngai

At 2:30 p.m. on May 25, the hearse brought the coffin of former President Tran Duc Luong to the cemetery of Dien Truong village, Pho Khanh commune, Duc Pho town, Quang Ngai province, the hometown of the former President.

Attending the funeral were Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia; Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh ; Party Central Committee member, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh and family members.

Thousands of people from Quang Ngai province were present at the cemetery to welcome the coffin and send off the former President to his final resting place.

At exactly 3:00 p.m., the funeral organizing committee performed the burial ceremony, and the family and delegates attending the funeral performed the flower-dropping ceremony.

At the end of the funeral of Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, Head of the National Funeral Organizing Committee, read words of gratitude at the funeral.

Party, State and National Assembly leaders welcomed at Pho Khanh commune cemetery. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

The coffin of former President Tran Duc Luong is brought to the burial site at Pho Khanh commune cemetery. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

Party, State and National Assembly leaders carry the coffin of former President Tran Duc Luong to Pho Khanh commune cemetery. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

Party, State and National Assembly leaders carry the coffin of former President Tran Duc Luong to Pho Khanh commune cemetery. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

The coffin of former President Tran Duc Luong is brought to the burial site at Pho Khanh commune cemetery. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

Burial ceremony. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

Family of former President Tran Duc Luong. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan expressed condolences to the family of former President Tran Duc Luong. Photo: Pham Cuong/VNA

VNA/News and People Newspaper