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Vietnam's President Quang mourned at state funeral

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (KUNA) -- Vietnam's late President Tran Dai Quang was mourned on Wednesday by hundreds of Vietnemese at an official state funeral procession.
Long lines of family members, officials including General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, police and soldiers streamed through the National Funeral House in downtown Hanoi. Some wept as they passed his flag-draped coffin.
"He devoted his whole life and made numerous contributions to the country's glorious revolutionary cause ... His passing is a great loss to our Party, State and people," Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said in a prayer ceremony broadcast live on state television.
Quang died Friday at age 61. A government doctor said he had battled a rare viral illness for more than a year but did not reveal the virus.
A career security officer, Quang rose through the ranks to be minister of public security in 2011 and was elected by the National Assembly as the nation's president in April 2016.(end) aab.tg