Politburo member and Standing member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu will lead a high-ranking CPV delegation to attend the memorial service for Politburo member and President of the Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihane in Vientiane, Laos, on August 12, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, the National Assembly, the State President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) held a state-protocol memorial service for former Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now the Government) Doan Duy Thanh in Ha Noi on February 12.