Vietnamese people mourn Party chief, burst into tears
Cập nhật: 20/08/2024
VOV.VN - Many mourners could not hold back their tears when they paid their respects to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his funeral service in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on July 25 evening.
Thousands of people throng along major streets heading to the National Funeral House in Hanoi, waiting for their turn to say their last goodbyes to the respected leader.
Competent authorities set up barriers to guide people in one at a time to avoid congestion.
Though it’s known that birth, aging, illness, sickness and death are natural and inevitable to humans, the General Secretary’s passing is a great loss to the entire Vietnamese people.
People are moved to express their condolences at the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
They look somber during the emotional service, believing that Vietnam has just lost a respected and competent leader,
Holding tight a newspaper with information about the State funeral, Le Thi Nhung, 80, says she left her house at 6:30 a.m. and sat in the flower garden waiting for the time to say her last goodbye to the Party leader.
People quietly enter the funeral house to pay their respects to the top leader.
Many cannot hold back their tears at the somber ceremony.
Thousands come to pay their respects as the Party leader’s body lies in state.
Meanwhile, thousands of people line up to mourn the Party leader during another funeral service underway at the Thong Nhat (Reunification) Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest financial and economic hub.
Rain cannot prevent mourners of the city named after late President Ho Chi Minh gathering and paying homage to the Party leader.
An old war veteran bursts into tears standing in front of the Party leader’s memorial photo.
Ta Thi Le, 77 of Ha Nam province, says she respects leader Nguyen Phu Trong very much. Leaving hometown for Hanoi from early in the morning, she does not bring with her anything valuable except for a poem she expects to recite during the ceremony.
The passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has left infinite sadness in the hearts of people across the country.
People continue to mourn the Party leader until July 26 morning before a memorial service will be held shortly afterwards.
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