Hearing the news of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's death, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy - once Principal of Hung An Primary School (Bac Quang district, Ha Giang province) - quickly booked a bus at 10pm the night before, hoping to go to Ha Giang. The cabinet lit incense sticks to express gratitude to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Having traveled nearly 300km to the capital, Ms. Thuy was present in time to attend the ceremony to visit the General Secretary. At 4:00 a.m. on July 25, Ms. Thuy returned to visit Lai Da village (Dong Anh district). In the evening, she continued to take a motorbike taxi to the National Funeral House, joining a kilometer-long line of people waiting for their turn to pay their respects to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
On the bus back to Hanoi, Ms. Thuy lay awake all night. "Even though the distance was long and I stayed up all night, I didn't feel tired having to stand in long lines. I just wanted to visit General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong" - Ms. Thuy said.
On July 26, Ms. Thuy will say goodbye to the General Secretary at Mai Dich Cemetery (Mai Dich ward, Cau Giay district). For her, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a leader wholeheartedly devoted to the country and people, devoting his entire life to the people and country of Vietnam.
The image of the General Secretary working until the last day of her life, the admonishing words of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong are always imprinted in her mind. As a retired female teacher who once held the highest position of a public educational institution, Ms. Thuy hopes the next generations will continue to study and work according to the moral example of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. .
Moving from Viet Hung ward (Long Bien district, Hanoi) from 3:00 p.m. on July 25, Ms. Trinh Thi Thoa waited in line for several hours, until it was dark, to visit the General Secretary.
Like Ms. Thuy, before being at the National Funeral Home, Ms. Thoa and her family also went to Lai Da village (Dong Hoi commune, Dong Anh district) to visit and burn incense.
Even though they showed up quite early, Ms. Thoa's family still had to wait in the increasingly long procession. Some people even prepared dinner, but everyone was determined to wait until late at night to visit General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
