A Vietnamese delegation led by President Truong Tan Sang paid tribute to
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias at the Venezuelan Embassy in
Hanoi on March 7.
Sharing his condolences with
the embassy staff, Sang said the Vietnamese people will forever remember
the deep sentiments that Chavez offered to the country and people of
Vietnam, as well as his great contributions to tighten the friendship,
solidarity and cooperation between the two countries.
In the funeral register book, Sang expressed his profound sympathy to
the family of the President and the Venezuelan United Socialist Party,
as well as the State, Government and people of the Latin American
country.
He wrote that he believes the Venezuelan
people will overcome this great loss to inherit and bring into full play
the noble ideals of Bolivarian revolutionary soldier Chavez Frias, and
continue making great achievements in multifaceted development.
Earlier, President Sang and other Vietnamese Party and State leaders
conveyed their condolences to First Vice President of the Venezuelan
United Communist Party cum National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello
and Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro.
The
same day, former President Nguyen Minh Triet and representatives of
Vietnamese ministries and departments laid wreaths at the Venezuelan
Embassy in Vietnam .
The funeral register book is open until March 11.-VNA