Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and State PresidentNguyen Phu Trong on September 1 sent a message of condolence to IndianPresident Ram Nath Kovind over the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee.
The same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minhalso offered sympathies to Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar over the death ofthe former Indian President.
Pranab Mukherjee passed away on August 31 at the age of 84. He served as the 13th President of India from2012 until 2017./.