General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away

According to information from the Central Council for the Protection of the Health of Officials, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, after a period of illness, despite the Party, the State, the collective of professors and doctors' devoted treatment, and the wholehearted care of his family, due to old age and serious illness, he passed away at 1:38 p.m. on July 19, 2024 at the 108 Central Military Hospital. He was 80 years old.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: DANG KHOA)

The Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam , the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front will issue a special announcement on holding a State funeral for comrade Nguyen Phu Trong.

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