Nghe An provincial leaders pay their respects to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai

From 8:00 a.m. on March 20, the funeral of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was held according to the State Funeral protocol at Thong Nhat Hall, Ho Chi Minh City.

The funeral of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was held in the form of a State funeral.

The funeral was attended by leaders and former leaders of the Party and State, all levels, sectors, localities and a large number of people from all walks of life. The head of the funeral committee was General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh - Head of the funeral organizing committee.

Party and State leaders and former leaders pay their respects to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

After the Head of the Funeral Organizing Committee solemnly recalled the biography of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, remembering his contributions to the cause of the Party and the nation, the delegations began to pay their respects to the coffin of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai. First came the family of the former Prime Minister, then came the delegations of the Party Central Committee, the President, the National Assembly, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front...

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee led a delegation of Nghe An province to pay respects to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai. Photo: PV

The delegation of Nghe An province led by comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee respectfully offered flowers and incense to commemorate former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

The delegation paying their respects to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai included Comrade Nguyen The Trung - Former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission, former Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee; Major General Vo Trong Thanh - Former member of the Provincial Party Committee, former Director of Nghe An Public Security; Comrade Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chief of Office of the Provincial People's Committee; and a number of Nghe An people living in Ho Chi Minh City.

Comrade Nguyen The Trung and Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong signed the condolence book in memory of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai. Photo: PV

Representing the leaders of Nghe An province, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong wrote in the condolence book, expressing gratitude for the great contributions of comrade Phan Van Khai - former member of the Politburo, former Prime Minister, National Assembly delegate of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th terms - an outstanding leader of the Party, State and People. The passing of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai is a great loss to the Party, State and People, leaving deep sorrow for cadres, party members and people nationwide, including cadres, party members and people of Nghe An.

People line up to see off the coffin of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

At 7:00 p.m. (March 19), the coffin of former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was taken from his hometown in Cu Chi to the Reunification Hall (HCMC) to hold a state funeral.