Late PM Phan Van Khai’s contributions to VN’s foreign relations hailed
Late PM Phan Van Khai’s contributions to Vietnam’s foreign relations hailed
Many foreign diplomats and officials have hailed former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who passed away on March 17 aged 85, as a dedicated leader and a great contributor to Vietnam’s ties with other countries.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh, staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese people in Russia pay homage to late PM Phan Van Khai (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi(VNA) – Many foreign diplomats and officials have hailed former Prime MinisterPhan Van Khai, who passed away on March 17 aged 85, as a dedicated leader and agreat contributor to Vietnam’s ties with other countries.
At a commemoration ceremony held by theVietnamese Embassy in Russia on March 21, Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Duc Manhrecounted the life and career of the late PM, highlighting his enormouscontributions to national development and protection.
Manh wrote in the book of condolences that PMPhan Van Khai paid great attention to external affairs and greatly contributedto the country’s international integration.
Expressing his condolences, Sergei Tolchenov,deputy director of the Third Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry,wrote that in Russia, people remember Phan Van Khai as a person who devoted hisentire life to national liberation and development and promoting Vietnam’sprestige.
While holding high-ranking Party and Statepositions, he enhanced the two countries’ relations and helped to elevatebilateral ties to a strategic partnership, the official added.
At the respect paying ceremony held by the VietnameseEmbassy in Chile, representatives of the Chilean Foreign Ministry and theChile-Vietnam culture institute recalled the visit to the South American nationby then PM Phan Van Khai in October 2002. They said the trip was a newmilestone in bilateral relations, and he will always be remembered as one of Vietnam’sgreat leaders.
President of the Chamber of Deputies of ChileMaya Fernández Allende, President of the Communist Party of ChileGuillermo Teillier del Valle and General Secretary of the Socialist Partyof Chile Andres Santander Ortega sent messages of condolences to the VietnameseEmbassy.
At similar ceremonies in Belgium, Argentina andFrance from March 20 to 22, Vietnamese people, officials and foreign diplomatsin the countries also paid tribute to the late Government leader.
Phan Van Khai was born in Cu Chi district, HoChi Minh City, on December 25, 1933. He served as the PM of Vietnam fromSeptember 1997 to June 2006.-VNA
Embassies and representative offices of Vietnam in foreign countries have held ceremonies to pay tribute to former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who passed away on March 17 at the age of 85.
Many diplomatic corps came to the Thong Nhat Hall in HCM City and Hanoi-based International Convention Centre on March 21 to pay their last respect to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.
Vietnamese embassies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico on March 20 and 21 held solemn memorial services for former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai who passed away last weekend, aged 85.
The Vietnamese embassies in Cambodia, China, India and the Republic of Korea and South Africa have held ceremonies to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai who passed away on March 17.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh, staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese people in Russia pay homage to late PM Phan Van Khai (Photo: VNA) 
