Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

09/23/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/22/2022 21:06

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to attend state funeral of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to attend state funeral of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo

(VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on behalf of Party and State leaders of Viet Nam, will attend the state funeral of late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Tokyo, Japan, from September 25-28.

The former PM of Japan passed away on July 8 after being shot from behind while campaigning for a candidate of the ruling LDP in the prefecture.

Abe, 67, was Japan's longest-serving PM. He served as the PM from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020./.