The ceremony was attended by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, many members of the Politburo and Party Central Committee, and Bounthong Divixay – a member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Governor of the Lao province of Champasak.
At the event Quang Ngai Party Secretary Le Viet Chu recalled the life and career of the late prime minister, who was also a Politburo member and an adviser to the party Central Committee. Dong was also a disciple of late President Ho Chi Minh. Addressing the ceremony, Politburo member and Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the late PM as a talented politician, theorist, diplomat and cultural thinker, who was respected by his peers, the public and international friends.
