On Friday morning, a delegation from Da Nang, led by municipal Party Committee (PaC) Deputy Secretary Nguyen Van Quang, offered incense and laid a wreath at the Lao Consulate General in Da Nang to pay tribute to late General Sisavath Keobounphanh, former Politburo member, former Prime Minister of Laos and former Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction Central Committee.

Deputy Secretary Quang offering incense to late General Sisavath Keobounphanh

The wreath carried the words ‘Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Da Nang respectfully commemorate to the late General Sisavath Keobounphanh’.

Deputy Secretary Quang writing in the mourning book after paying floral tribute to the former Lao Prime Minister

In the mourning book, Deputy Secretary Quang wrote that the Party, the government and people of Da Nang deeply mourned the passing of General Sisavath Keobounphanh. Mr Sisavath’s death was a great loss to the Party, State and people of Laos, as well as his relatives. Viet Nam lost a big friend and a close comrade who made extremely important contributions to building, consolidating, and developing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Viet Nam and Laos.

By TRONG HUNG - Translated by MAI DUNG