Xi extends condolences over death of former Vietnamese leader

President Xi Jinping extended condolences on Saturday to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong over the death of former Vietnamese president Tran Duc Luong.

In his message, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, expressed profound condolences and extended sincere sympathies to Tran Duc Luong's family on behalf of the CPC, the Chinese government and the Chinese people.

Xi hailed Comrade Tran Duc Luong as an outstanding party and state leader of Vietnam who made important contributions to the country's development and its cause of Doi Moi (reform).