(VOVWORLD) - Many leaders from foreign countries have sent their condolences to Vietnam over the death of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang.

(VOVWORLD) - The 12th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union opens on Monday in Hanoi and is attended by 950 delegates representing more than 10 million trade union members all over Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The Cuban Council of State said in televised statement that Cuba would observe a national day of mourning for Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang who passed way on Friday (Hanoi time) at 62.

(VOVWORLD) -The 14th Assembly of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) closed in Hanoi on Saturday after 4 days of intense work.

(VOVWORLD) -Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh will serve as Acting President of Vietnam until the National Assembly elects a new President, according to a statement of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the National Assembly, the State President, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee announced on Sunday that member of the Politburo and President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi at the age of 62 after a serious illness.

(VOVWORLD) - World leaders have sent condolences to the Vietnamese government over President Tran Dai Quang’s passing.

(VOVWORLD) - Various activities celebrating Mid-Autumn are underway across Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -In Cuba, official media such as Granma newspaper, Prensa Latina news agency, State-owned news agency ACN, Juventud Rebelde newspaper and Cubadebate all reported the death of the Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.

(VOVWORLD) -Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang summoned US Ambassador Terry Branstad in Beijing in protest against a US decision to sanction a Chinese military agency and its director for buying Russian fighter jets and a missile system.