Since the early morning of July 25, large numbers of leaders and people from all walks of life have paid their last respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and in his hometown in Dong Hoi commune of Hanoi’s Dong Anh district, showing their great grief over the passing of the Party leader.

A respect-paying ceremony in the national mourning etiquette was solemnly held for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and his hometown in Dong Hoi commune of Hanoi’s Dong Anh district on July 25.

Minister of foreign affairs Bui Thanh Son’s interview on General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s contribution to foreign affairs.

For nearly 60 years, honed through revolutionary practice, with a strategic, scientific, and dialectical vision, a sharp political perspective, systematically integrating theoretical concepts with practical summarization, creatively applying and developing Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought, Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong has made many important and outstanding contributions to the construction and perfection of our Party's theories and platforms on building the socialist oriented country. These include various party and state guidelines and policies on politics, economy, society, defense, security, and foreign affairs.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith has recounted the close comradeship with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and shared what he learned from the late Vietnamese leader.