A respect-paying service for General Giap in China (VNA)
Lao Prime Minister Thongsin Thammavong led a delegation to pay tribute and lay a wreath to General Vo Nguyen Giap at the Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane on October 12.
In the funeral book, the PM expressed his deep sorrow over the passing of General Giap, who, together with other high-ranking Vietnamese leaders, always paid great attention to strengthening the Laos-Vietnam friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive co-operation.
Delegations of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee, National Assembly, Defence Ministry and other agencies also paid respect to the late General.
The same day, the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia also held services for General Giap.
Mien Sam An, permanent deputy chairwoman of the Cambodia Women For Peace and Development Association, said the passing of General Giap is a great loss not only for the Vietnamese people but also for the people of Cambodia and the world at large.
Representatives of the embassies of China, India, Cuba, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, and Brunei in Cambodia, as well as delegations from the Cambodia Senate and other organisations, came to pay tribute to the General.
Also on October 12, the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing and the Vietnamese Consulates General in Hong Kong and Macau (China) held respect-paying services for General Giap.
On October 11-12, the Vietnamese Embassy in the US received representatives of US authorities, Congress and diplomatic missions in Washington, as well as officials from the Vietnamese representative offices and US-based overseas Vietnamese to pay tribute to General Vo Nguyen Giap.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong affirmed that the embassy’s staff members will always be grateful to the General, who devoted his whole life to the nation’s revolutionary cause.
Acting Assistant to the US Secretary of State Scot Marciel paid respects to the General on behalf of the US Government, saying that General Giap was an important individual and leader of the Vietnamese people and a supporter of the reconciliation and improvement of Vietnam-US relations.
US Senator Tom Harkin, who met General Giap when visiting Vietnam in 1995, asserted that the General was a great person who never gave up the fight for national independence.
For his part, US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega said General Giap is remembered as one of the key leaders in the Vietnamese victory against the French colonialist regime.
Representatives of the Lao, Cambodian, Indonesian and Algerian embassies also came to bid farewell to General Giap.
In the first day of the regular session on October 10, the Venezuelan National Assembly adopted a resolution to remember General Vo Nguyen Giap and also extended their deepest condolences to the Vietnamese Party and Government and to General Giap’s family.
At the meeting, former President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Soto Rojas said the General inspired a movement for solidarity with Vietnam all over the world to protect the basic rights of nations.
In an interview granted to a Vientiane-based Vietnam News Agency reporter, former Lao President and former Chairman of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee Gen Khamtay Siphandone said that General Giap had a close relationship with the Lao people and army during the fight against the colonialists and imperialists, as well as during peace time.
The former Lao President said the determination of Vietnam and Laos in building a fighting alliance to create combined strength to defeat all enemies is always on his mind.
(Source: VNA)
Đăng ký: VietNam News
