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World > Asia & Oceania
Vietnam to lay former leader to rest next week
By Agence France-Presse
Jul 22, 2024 12:14 am

HANOI — Vietnam will hold a funeral next week for the late communist leader Nguyen Phu Trong, the party said Saturday.

The funeral will take place over two days in the Vietnamese capital on July 25 and July 26, during which a period of national mourning will be observed, the Communist Party of Vietnam said.

LEADER’S DEMISE A man reads a newspaper reporting the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Hanoi, on July 20, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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