A State memorial service and burial ceremony for Xaysomphone Phomvihane, Politburo member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of the Lao National Assembly, was solemnly held at That Luang Square in Vientiane on August 12.

A state funeral was held on the morning of October 24 at the National Funeral Hall in Ha Noi for Tran Phuong, former Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now Deputy Prime Minister), who was also a former alternate member of the 4th Party Central Committee and a former member of the 5th Party Central Committee.