Senator Cory Gardner (Photo: VNA)

 Senator Patrick Leahy, Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman, spoke highly of President Quang’s dedication to the development of Vietnam and the relations between the two nations.

Senator Cory Gardner, Chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity, expressed his deep condolences and wished that the two sides will continue close cooperation for their friendship and prosperity.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia at the Department of Commerce Diane Farrell (Photo: VNA)

 Among the mourners were also Co-Chairs of the Congressional APEC Caucus Dave Reichert and Rick Larsen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia at the Department of Commerce Diane Farrell, and leaders of several US companies and non-governmental organisations.

Present at the Vietnamese Embassy in the US, World Bank Vice President Victoria Kwakwa extended her profound sympathies to the Party, State and people of Vietnam, stressing that President Quang had made great contributions to Vietnam during his career.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela held a tribute-paying ceremony and opened the mourning book for President Tran Dai Quang in the Embassy building on Wednesday and Thursday.

In his speech delivered on Wednesday, Ambassador Dao Thanh Chung said President Quang was an excellent leader, who was wholehearted about the country and made important contributions to national construction and development. He was respected by foreign friends and contributed a great deal to the relationship between Vietnam and the rest of the world.

Many delegations from State agencies, political and social organizations, and diplomatic corps and foreign friends in Venezuela came to pay the last respect to the Vietnamese President. The Venezuelan high-level delegation led by Vice President and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez expressed condolences and solidarity between the two nations in the mourning book.