The national flag was flown half-mast at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi at 6am on July 25, marking the start of the national mourning for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong which will last from July 25-26.

A burial service for former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Do Muoi took place in his native land in Dong My commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi at 1pm of October 7.

A burial service for President Tran Dai Quang took place at his hometown in Quang Thien commune, Kim Son district, in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 27.

A respect-paying ceremony was held for President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on September 26 morning.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An on July 21 held a ceremony to rebury the remains of 21 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Cambodia during wartime.

A burial service was held at the Hill 82 Cemetery in Tay Ninh province on July 26 to re-bury the remains of 344 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers.

A burial service was held at a martyr cemetery in Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province on May 18 to re-bury the remains of 14 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Laos and Cambodia during wartime.

The central province of Nghe An held a memorial and burial service for the remains of 65 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Lao battlefields during wartime.

The Military Zone 4 High Command and Ha Tinh province held a burial service on May 6 for the remains of 19 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos during wartime.

The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 13 held a burial service for the remains of 27 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who lost their lives in Laos.