The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front will issue a special announcement on the organization of a State funeral for comrade Nguyen Phu Trong. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 p.m. on July 19, 2024.
According to information from the Central Council for the Protection of the Health of Officials, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, after a period of illness, despite the devoted treatment of the Party, the State, the collective of professors and doctors, and the wholehearted care of his family, due to old age and serious illness, he passed away at 1:38 p.m. on July 19, 2024 at the 108 Central Military Hospital. He was 80 years old.
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 on organizing a State Funeral for Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong.