(VOVWORLD) - Yang Jiechi, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (CPC) and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, laid a wreath in tribute to the late leader at a ceremony hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in China on Friday.
 Yang Jiechi, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee pays respect to former Party chief Le Kha Phieu (Photo: VOV) |
China’s Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Board of the National People’s Congress Li Zhanshu, and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang also sent flowers to pay tribute to the late Party chief.
Yang Jiechi expressed his deep sympathy over Mr. Phieu’s passing and a belief that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Vietnamese people will turn this grief into strength to gain greater achievements in socialism building.
On the same day, representatives from many Chinese ministries and agencies along with ambassadors of foreign countries in China visited the Vietnamese Embassy to pay their respects to the late Vietnamese leader.