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As a leader at strategic level, with outstanding capacity, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, along with the Politburo, the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and the Party Central Committee, led and directed the entire Party, armed forces and people to intensify the national cause of Đổi Mới (renewal) in a comprehensive and synchronous manner, to maximise the strength of the national unity and international solidarity, NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn wrote.

Ambassadors in Hà Nội sent their condolences.

General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng’s leadership and lifelong service to his people and country will be profoundly remembered, and his contributions to regional and international peace, friendship and cooperation will be an invaluable and enduring legacy, the message said.

Vietnamese intellectuals and people living and working in many countries have expressed their grief at the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng – an excellent leader, and a shining example of integrity, approachability, and dedication to serving the people.

Over many years serving in various positions in Hà Nội, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng consistently showed affection, closeness and special concern for the city.

The official said bilateral ties have developed to a new high with deep mutual understanding, adding the relations were set up by President Hồ Chí Minh and Presidents Kaysone Phomevihane and Souphanouvong, and nurtured by generations of leaders of both sides, including Party General Secretary Trọng.

Bilateral trade hit US$790 million last year, doubling that of 2018 and making Colombia Việt Nam’s fifth largest trade partner in Latin America.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella highlighted the great contributions of General Secretary Trọng in promoting relations between Việt Nam and Italy.

Catholics form an important and inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation, said the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, former member of the Politburo, former Prime Minister and former President of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam shares his most profound impressions on the Party leader

Nguyễn Phú Trọng was a model of integrity, dedicated to the country and the people, a dear comrade, a brother and a sincere friend to all.

These include the Law on Capital, the Law on Amendments and Supplements to a Number of Articles of the Land Law, Housing Law and Real Estate Business Law and a Law on Credit Institutions.

"Although comrade Trọng has passed away, the love, true gratitude, and respectable comradeship will forever be in my heart,” the Lao leader said.

He wrote that General Secretary Trọng will be remembered as a leader with firm will and a great mind.

CPA’s Department for External Relations is establishing a special group to study the CPV's policies and this book as a meaningful source of reference for them, said Jorge Kreyness, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina (CPA).

Themed “Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”, the foreign ministers of ASEAN countries and partners are set to discuss the implementation of the bloc’s priorities in 2024, the ASEAN Community building progress, and orientation for cooperation between ASEAN and partners.

Their sacrifice has led to the country’s great achievements of being among the top 40 largest economies in the world, as well as the top 20 nations with the largest global trade scale.

The Anteo Edizioni Publishing House published the Italian version of the Vietnamese Party chief’s book titled “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Việt Nam” in May 2024.