International media reported the death of President Tran Dai Quang.
Major news agencies around the world from England, France, America to Japan and the Philippines all reported the passing of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.
Reuters news agency reported that “Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang passed away after suffering from a serious illness.” Reuters said that President Tran Dai Quang passed away at a military hospital because he “had been seriously ill despite efforts by professors and doctors at home and abroad to save him.”
The news agency also reviewed milestones in the life and career of President Tran Dai Quang. Reuters also interviewed a number of people in President Tran Dai Quang's hometown.
"We are very sad to hear of the President's passing," the news agency quoted the chairman of the commune where Mr. Tran Dai Quang was born.
The Philippine news site Rappler and the US National Public Radio (NPR) also reported that Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang passed away on September 21 after a prolonged illness.
BBC (UK) also reported that President Tran Dai Quang passed away at a military hospital after "many months of serious illness" and "having been treated at home and abroad".
Meanwhile, Bloomberg news agency published sad news with the headline emphasizing: "Vietnam's President, who supported closer relations with the US, has passed away."
The news agency also quoted the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) in Hanoi, Mr. Adam Sitkoff, saying: “He is the first Vietnamese President to meet and talk with us at the US-Vietnam Business Summit.” Mr. Sitkoff said that President Tran Dai Quang “is a person who has great faith in improving relations between the US and Vietnam.”
In an article reporting on the passing of President Tran Dai Quang, France24 (France) affirmed that he was the face of the Vietnamese Government in major and important events, especially the APEC event in November 2017 in Da Nang, when Vietnam welcomed US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's Sputnik news agency also reported the passing of President Tran Dai Quang and said that the Russian Embassy in Hanoi today (September 21) sent condolences to Vietnam on the passing of President Tran Dai Quang.
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| Condolences in English from the Russian Embassy in Hanoi posted on Twitter. |
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| The Russian Embassy in Hanoi also posted condolences in Russian. |
“We express our deepest condolences on the passing of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang,” the Russian Embassy posted on its official Twitter page.
China's South China Morning Post, India's The Hindu, Ireland's The Irish Sun, Britain's The Sun, Egypt's Daily News Egypt, Channel NewsAssia, Singapore's The Straits Times, New Zealand's Al Jazeera, The Austalian, New Zealand's Stuff.co.nz, the US's Huffington Post and Fox News, and even US local newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle also reported on the passing of President Tran Dai Quang./.
