Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and State President NguyenPhu Trong has sent a message of condolences to French President Emmanuel Macronover the passing of former President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered sympathies to his French counterpartJean Castex.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also extendedcondolences to Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who served as president ofFrance from 1974 to 1981, died on December 2 at the age of 94./.