Members of the Party Central Committee, National Assembly deputies, State President and Fatherland Front Central Committee paid tribute to the late leader.
Phan Văn Khải took the office of the Prime Minister from September 1997 to June 2006. He was a National Assembly deputy of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th tenures, and a member of the Politburo in the 7th, 8th and 9th tenures.