Flags will be flown at half-mast and entertainment activities will be suspended during the two-day national mourning for former President Tran Duc Luong.

(BDO) Implementing the Official Dispatch of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province has just sent an official dispatch to departments, agencies, unions, People's Committees of districts, cities, communes, wards and towns requesting flags to be flown at half-mast and public entertainment activities to be suspended on May 24 and 25, 2025. This is the time of the State Funeral of Comrade Tran Duc Luong, former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Báo Bình Dương•23/05/2025

According to the telegram, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposed to implement the following in the 2 days of the National Funeral:

Regarding the flag-raising: Agencies and offices nationwide and Vietnamese representative agencies abroad shall raise the flag at half-mast during the National Funeral. The half-mast flag is the National Flag, with a mourning ribbon (1/10 the size of the flag's width, the length of the flag and only raised to 2/3 the height of the flagpole, using a black cloth band to tie the flag so it does not fly).

Regarding not organizing public entertainment activities during the National Funeral: Central ministries, branches, organizations, administrative agencies, and public service units stop, postpone, and do not organize cultural and artistic activities, sports competitions, and entertainment activities during the National Funeral .

The People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities direct and guide organizations, individuals and establishments in the area to stop, postpone or not organize cultural and artistic activities, sports competitions and public entertainment activities during the National Funeral.

Source: https://baobinhduong.vn/trèo-co-ru-ngung-hoat-dong-vui-choi-trong-2-ngay-quoc-tang-nguyen-chu-tich-nuoc-tran-duc-luong-a347551.html