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Grief and Respect: A Tribute to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong On the morning of July 26, a solemn scene unfolded at the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing. A 77-year-old woman, Vu Thuc Hue, dressed in dark attire, arrived to pay her respects to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. With a heavy heart, she bowed respectfully before the late leader and then quietly penned her condolences in the memorial book, expressing her deepest sympathies in Chinese. Vu Thuc Hue, a 77-year-old Beijing resident, signs the condolence book for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing on July 26. Hue, a former nurse at the Guilin Nanxishan Hospital in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has a special connection to Vietnam. Her hospital once treated wounded soldiers and officials from South Vietnam. Just two months ago, she attended the 70th-anniversary celebrations of the Dien Bien Phu victory in Vietnam. Upon hearing the news of General Secretary Nguyen ...

Barriers were set up by authorities to guide mourners and prevent congestion. Though birth, aging, illness, and death are inevitable, the passing of the General Secretary is a profound loss for all Vietnamese. People gather to express their condolences and pay their respects to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Mourners maintain a somber atmosphere, believing that Vietnam has lost a highly respected and capable leader. Le Thi Nhung, 80, arrived early, holding a newspaper with details of the State funeral. She sat in the flower garden, waiting to bid farewell to the beloved Party leader. People quietly enter the funeral home to pay their last respects to the top leader. Many could not hold back their tears during the emotional ceremony. Thousands gather as the Party leader’s body lies in state, paying their final respects. In Ho Chi Minh City, thousands line up at the Thong Nhat Palace to mourn t...