Memorial services held for Vietnamese former party chief Le Kha Phieu
Xinhua | Updated: 2020-08-15 17:39
HANOI -- Memorial services for Le Kha Phieu, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), were held simultaneously in the capital city of Hanoi, southern Ho Chi Minh City and his home province of Thanh Hoa on Saturday afternoon.
The memorial service at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi was attended by leaders and former leaders of Vietnam's party, state and government, including Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and top legislator Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Vietnam News Agency reported.
During the two-day national mourning on Friday and Saturday, more than 946 delegations with over 11,000 people, including representatives of agencies, unions, localities, and people's armed forces, among others, paid homage to the late former leader.
Some 27 diplomatic delegations and international organizations, and two high-level delegations of Laos and Cambodia also came to pay last respects to Phieu, according to the report.
The memorial services were followed by the burial ceremony in the capital city on Saturday afternoon.
Le Kha Phieu, born in 1931, passed away on Aug 7 in Hanoi after a long time of illness. He was the General Secretary of the CPVCC from December 1997 to April 2001.
