On July 25^th, a delegation of Vietnam’s high-ranking leaders from the Party and State laid a wreath at the Lao Embassy in Hanoi to commemorate Saman Vignaket, former Politburo member, former Chairman of the Lao National Assembly, and former Head of the Steering Committee for Ideology, Theory and Culture of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee.

High-ranking Vietnamese leaders lay a wreath for Samane Vignaket.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong also sent a wreath in tribute to the Lao leader.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member and Prime Minister; and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Politburo member and NA Chairwoman, laid the wreath and spent a minute's silence in memory of the Lao leader. The wreath showed deep regret at the death of the Lao leader.

Expressing condolences with the Lao Embassy staff, on behalf of the Vietnamese Party and State, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Saman Vignaket’s death was great loss towards the Lao Party, State and Laos. “Vietnam lost a close friend and a brother who had made important contribution to building, reinforcing and developing the friendly, traditional, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation relations between Vietnam and Laos,” he said.

On the same day, a delegation from the Hanoi Party Committee, the city People’s Council, People’s Committee and Fatherland Front led by Nguyen Duc Chung, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Chairman of the city People’s Committee, came to the Lao Embassy in Vietnam, laying a wreath to commemorate the Lao leader.

On behalf of the delegation, Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung expressed deep condolences with the Lao Party, State, people and the leader’s family over the death of an excellent leader, a resilient revolutionary soldier who sacrificed his life for the national independence, freedom and happiness of the people, as well the prosperity of the Lao country.

A wide range of representatives from Vietnamese ministries and sectors, friendship associations and foreign embassies in Vietnam, came to the Lao Embassy to lay wreaths commemorating Saman Vignaket./.

( Compiled by VNF )