Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính expressed his deepest gratitude to the Lao Party, State, and people, as well as to General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith and particularly noted the two-day national mourning ceremony held in Laos, exemplifying the unique, steadfast and special relationship between the two countries.

Many people have come to pay respects to Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng at the Independence Palace, Hồ Chí Minh City on Friday.

Jorge Luis Broche Lorenzo, member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and head of its Economic – Productive Department made the remarks during an interview with the Vietnam News Agency on July 25 in Hà Nội as he is a member of the Cuban delegation to the funeral of the late Party leader of Việt Nam.

On the second day of the state funeral, the people continued to line up from early morning to pay their respects to Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng at the National Funeral Hall in Hà Nội.

Myanmar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Admiral Tin Aung San wrote in the condolence book that General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng made great contributions in upgrading the relationship between the two countries to a comprehensive cooperative partnership during his visit to Myanmar in 2017.

In Beijing, deputy head of the Communist Party of China Central Committee’s Organisation Department Zhang Guangjun conveyed the most profound condolences on the passing of the Vietnamese General Secretary.

On behalf of the Vietnamese Party, State, Government, and people, PM Phạm Minh Chính thanked the Lao Party, State, Government, and people for sharing this great loss, as well as their sentiments towards Việt Nam in general and the General Secretary and his family in particular.

Deputy PM Trần Lưu Quang thanked Algerian leaders and people for their sympathies and emphasised that General Secretary Trọng is an outstanding leader of the Vietnamese people, who has left many legacies including in external affairs.

PM Phạm Minh Chính took the occasion to recall special milestones in the Việt Nam-China relations involving both Party General Secretary Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi, particularly their historic visits in 2022 and 2023 as well as the elevation of the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and the building of the Việt Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

As many as 1,565 delegations, comprising around 55,600 individuals, came to pay their respects and send condolences for the passing of the Party leader.

The Chinese envoy described Việt Nam as a priority and a strategic choice in China's neighborhood diplomacy policy.

Mẫn called for the effective implementation of cooperation agreements between the two countries’ parliaments.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Đặng Minh Khôi described the General Secretary as a humble and approachable leader who always showed affection and concern to his subordinates.

Foreign leaders expressed their grief for the death of the Vietnamese Party leader.

He always demonstrated the bravery and intelligence of a communist with strategic vision, absolute loyalty to the Party, the Fatherland, the people and steadfast in Marxism-Leninism, Hồ Chí Minh's ideology, revolutionary goals and ideals and principles of the Party and nation.

The special envoy noted that under the late General Secretary's leadership, Việt Nam-Japan relations have made remarkable and noteworthy progress in various fields.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia opened two-day respect paying ceremony along with the condolence book for Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on July 25 morning.

The Vietnamese Embassies in Thailand and Brunei on July 25 began respect-paying ceremony and opened condolence books for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyên Phú Trọng.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng fostered the relationship between the two Parties, the two States and the peoples of Việt Nam and Cambodia.

President Tô Lâm expressed sincere gratitude to President Yoon Suk Yeol for sending messages of condolences to the Party, State and people of Việt Nam as well as to the relatives of Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.