Hanoi, Feb. 12 -- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly, the State President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) held a state-protocol memorial service for former Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now the Government) Doan Duy Thanh in Hanoi on February 12.

Thanh held a series of senior roles across decades of public service. He served as a member of the Party Central Committee during its 5th and 6th tenures, National Assembly deputy in the 7th and 8th terms, Secretary of the Hai Phong Party Committee and Chairman of the Hai Phong People's Committee, Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations (now the Ministry of Industry an...