General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong passed away but his images stay forever in the hearts of the Vietnamese people.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2016-21 tenure Nguyen Phu Trong is sworn in during a ceremony in Hanoi. Photo: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and President of China Xi Jinping make a toast after Vietnam and China sign cooperation agreements on November 12, 2017 during Xi’s visit to Vietnam. Photo: Nguyen Khanh / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi on February 27, 2019. Photo: Nguyen Khanh / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in July 2015. Photo: ZIMBO

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong (C) during a meeting with voters. Photo: Viet Dung / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (L, 2nd) makes ‘banh chung’ (square glutinous rice cakes) before Tet. Photo: Nguyen Kim Phu

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R, 2nd) meets with ethnic minority people. Photo: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong poses for a photo with Vietnamese children in 2010.

Vietnam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 pm on July 19, 2024 in Hanoi, Nhan Dan (People) newspaper cited information from the Central Committee on Health Care for Senior Governmental Officials.

The Party chief drew his last breath at Military Central Hospital 108 despite the efforts of leading doctors and healthcare experts to treat his serious illness.

General Secretary Trong was born in 1944.

The Central 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 regarding the organization of the State Funeral for comrade Nguyen Phu Trong.

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