(VOVworld) - Tends of thousands of people across Vietnam attended the memorial service and burial ceremony for General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong read the oration

The coffin covered with the national flag

A minute of silence obeserved

Family of the General at the memorial service

The convoy carrying the coffin passes through a number of streets in Hanoi

Tens of thousands of people stood along streets in Hanoi to pay their last respects to the general

The plane top carry the coffin

Party and state leaders receive the coffin at Dong Hoi airport

People in Vung Chua, the Genera; final resting place


Party and state leaders at the burial ceremony