Vietnam to hold state funeral for communist party leader Trong next week

FILE - Vietnam's General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sept. 10, 2023. Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Trong, who died Friday. 

Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died Friday, the government said on Saturday.