People queue up in front of the National Funeral Home in Hanoi on Thursday night.
At 10 p.m., the scheduled time to end the public mourning, there was still a long line of people stretching several kilometers along Lo Duc Street leading to the National Funeral Home and surrounding streets.
The funeral organizing committee decided to extend the public mourning hours until midnight.
Photo by Vo Thanh
At 6 a.m. on Friday people again lined up hundreds of meters around the funeral parlor, including Han Thuyen Street as seen in this photo, to pay tribute to the late Party chief.
Many of them made the trip from outside Hanoi, from provinces such as Thai Binh, Nam Dinh and Hung Yen, arriving on late Thursday or early Friday for the funeral, which lasts for two days until Friday.
Photo by Pham Chieu
Duong Trung Quoc, a well-known historian, arrives at the National Funeral Home early on Friday morning.
"I knew a lot of people would be coming, and so I arrived early to witness the long lines, which was very emotional. Our ancestors have said people's hearts are the fairest and most standard measure. We can see that folks from all over have clearly demonstrated that here."
He hoped General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's funeral would "awaken" people, especially top officials. "Awaken their conscience, awaken their responsibility."
Photo by Pham Chieu
People came to pay respects on Friday morning at the funeral site in General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's hometown in Lai Da village in the capital's Dong Anh District.
Photo by Vo Hai
People queue up to pay tribute at the Reunification Palace in HCMC on Friday morning.
Photo by Thanh Tung
People enter the place after the gate is opened at 7 a.m. for the mourning ceremony.
Photo by Thanh Tung
Fadillah Yusof, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, leads a delegation to pay respect to the departed leader at the National Funeral Home in Hanoi on Friday morning.
Photo by Giang Huy
