Venezuelan President offers condolences on the passing of former President Tran Duc Luong

President Nicolás Maduro expressed his deep condolences on the passing of former President Tran Duc Luong, who made many contributions to Vietnam-Venezuela relations.

The coffin of former President Tran Duc Luong lies at the National Funeral House No. 5 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi . (Photo: VNA)

On May 23 local time, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expressed his deepest condolences to the State, Government and people of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after learning of the passing of former President Tran Duc Luong.

Previously, on May 22, Venezuelan media and social networking sites widely and boldly reported the Venezuelan Government 's statement of condolences on the passing of former President Tran Duc Luong.

According to a VNA correspondent in Latin America, in a statement on May 23, President Maduro affirmed that former President Tran Duc Luong was one of the most important leaders of Vietnam, who was always steadfast in socialist principles and made many contributions to the country's development and prosperity.

The statement emphasized: "The Government highly appreciates the great contributions of former President Tran Duc Luong in strengthening the Venezuela-Vietnam cooperative relationship, typically the close friendship with the late President-Commander Hugo Chávez in consolidating the traditional friendship between the two countries."

In the statement, the Venezuelan government reaffirmed its deep friendship and pledged to continue strengthening the Venezuela-Vietnam friendship and cooperation relationship.

On the same day, media and social networking sites in Venezuela simultaneously released a condolence statement from President Nicolás Maduro, and posted a lot of information about the life and career of former President Tran Duc Luong./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/tong-thong-venezuela-chia-buon-ve-su-ra-di-cua-nguyen-chu-tich-nuoc-tran-duc-luong-post1040376.vnp