Dozens of thousands of people have queued up for hours to wait for their turns to pay their respects to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and his hometown in Lai Da Village, Dong Hoi Commune, located in Hanoi's outlying district of Dong Anh last night and this morning.

The Party chief passed away at 1:38 pm on July 19 at the age of 80 at 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi despite the efforts of leading doctors and healthcare experts to treat his age-related serious illness.

A two-day state funeral for him began on Thursday morning with a respect-paying ceremony lasting from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm on July 25 and from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm on July 26.

A total of over 5,600 delegations, comprising 252,000 people, paid their final respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, and in Lai Da Village, Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi, from 7:00 am on Thursday to 0:00 am on Friday and from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm on Friday, according to the organizer of the state funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

A memorial service took place at 1:00 pm on July 26.

A burial service for the Party chief will take place from 3:00 pm on Friday at Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi.

Many people wait in front of the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi until late at night on July 25, 2024. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre

People queue up in front of the communal house of Lai Da Village, Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi on July 25, 2024. Photo: Hong Quang / Tuoi Tre

A large number of people in front of the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25, 2024. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre

Long lines of people in front of the communal house of Lai Da Village, Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi on July 26, 2024. Photo: Hong Quang / Tuoi Tre

Nguyen Trong Vinh (on the wheelchair), a 91-year-old teacher of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong when the Party leader was in grade 10 at Nguyen Gia Thieu High School in Hanoi. He flew from Germany to Hanoi to pay homage to his old student on July 26, 2024. Photo: Hong Quang / Tuoi Tre

Pham Thi Thai An, a Hanoi resident, brings a portrait of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the National Funeral Hall on July 26, 2024. She said she had made an altar for late President Ho Chi Minh and another for late General Vo Nguyen Giap, a Vietnamese war hero, at her house, and she now wanted to make an altar for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: T.Dieu / Tuoi Tre

Residents line up in front of the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

Residents queue up on Lo Duc Street in Hanoi from early morning on July 26, 2024 to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Danh Khang / Tuoi Tre

Young people are touched before the portrait of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre

Tran Thi Kim Hien (on the wheelchair), a 68-year-old resident in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, comes to the Reunification Hall to pay her last respects to the Party leader despite her poor health. Photo: Cam Nuong / Tuoi Tre

People form lines of several kilometers to pay homage to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 26, 2024. Photo: Pham Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Dang Thi Phuc, 92, an elementary teacher of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in 1956, comes to the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi to pay homage to her old student despite her bad health on July 26, 2024. Photo: Vietnam News Agency

Many people burst out crying when reaching the communal house of Lai Da Village to pay tribute to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 26, 2024. Photo: Hong Quang / Tuoi Tre

Long lines of people in front of the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Long lines of people in front of the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Tens of thousands of people queue up for their turns to pay last respects to the Party chief on July 26, 2024. Photo: Nguyen Khanh / Tuoi Tre

Long lines of people in front of the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre

Hanh, a resident in Dong Da District, Hanoi, and her two-year-old son, began queuing up from 5:00 am on July 26, 2024 in front of the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi. Photo: Quynh Trang / Tuoi Tre

Residents line up in front of the Reunification Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

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