Honour guards perform the flag-lowering ceremony for the state funeral of former President Tran Duc Luong. (Photo: VNA)
Honour guards perform the flag-lowering ceremony for the state funeral of former President Tran Duc Luong. (Photo: VNA)
Honour guards perform the flag-lowering ceremony for the state funeral of former President Tran Duc Luong. (Photo: VNA)
Honour guards perform the flag-lowering ceremony for the state funeral of former President Tran Duc Luong. (Photo: VNA)
Mourning flag raised for former President Tran Duc Luong at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Mourning flag raised for former President Tran Duc Luong at the Presidential Palace (Photo: VNA)
Mourning flag raised for former President Tran Duc Luong at the Government Office (Photo: VNA)
Mourning flag raised for former President Tran Duc Luong at the National Assembly Building (Photo: VNA)
Memorial service for former Politburo member and former President Tran Duc Luong held at Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Mourning flag raised for former President Tran Duc Luong at the headquarters of the Vietnam News Agency in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
National mourning flag raised for former President Tran Duc Luong
At exactly 6am on May 24, the flag-lowering ceremony was solemnly conducted at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi, marking the beginning of the two-day state funeral for former Politburo member and former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Duc Luong.
