The first funeral service for passengers from a missing Malaysian jetliner will be held in Australia this weekend, nearly eight weeks after the plane disappeared and apparently crashed in the remote southern Indian Ocean. Family and friends of Rod and Mary Burrows, two of six Australians on board the flight, will be holding a formal memorial in Brisbane on Sunday, according to a statement on behalf of the family released by police on Friday. … [Read more...] about Funerals planned for Australian passengers on missing Malaysia jet
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High-level funeral for deputy police minister Pham Quy Ngo
The funeral of the late Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Pham Quy Ngo, who passed away Tuesday, will be conducted with the necessary rituals for high-ranking officials, the Ministry of Public Security said. >> Internal affairs body to handle claims against vice police minister>> Prosecutors receive case involving vice police minister >> Not enough proof for bribery confessed by ex-Vinalines boss >> Probe ordered into 'state secret' case involving vice minister The funeral, to be organized by the ministry, will be carried out under relevant regulations in Decree 105 of the Government on organizing funerals for officials and civil servants, said the ministry. The Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, the ministry, and the family of the deceased issued a death notice on Wednesday, February 19. According to the funeral plan, the memorial … [Read more...] about High-level funeral for deputy police minister Pham Quy Ngo
Thorough Preparations Needed for State Funeral of General Vo Nguyen Giap
On October 7, the state funeral committee organized the 1st meeting with its members and leaders of relevant ministries and sectors and the General's family to come to consensus on the plan to hold the solemn memorial to General Vo Nguyen Giap. At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the funeral committee's organising board to make careful and detailed preparations for the state funeral of General Vo Nguyen Giap. He stressed that the ceremonies will be held with the deep gratitude and special sentiments of the Party and State, the army and the people, along with international friends, in recognition of the General's great contributions to the country's revolutionary cause. It is also necessary to ensure security and safety in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Binh province - the General's homeland - during the services, he added. At the meeting, representatives of some relevant ministries and sectors, Quang Binh Province, the Vietnam Association of War … [Read more...] about Thorough Preparations Needed for State Funeral of General Vo Nguyen Giap
Plan on implementing the movement “All people united to build up cultural life” in the 2013-2015 period
Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee has issued a plan on implementing the aforementioned movement in the province. Accordingly, plans are specifically distributed on a yearly basis: in 2013, focusing on establishing the movement's steering committee "All people united to build up cultural life" on a basis of coalescing the Provincial Steering Board of movement "All people united to build up cultural life" and the Mobilizing Board of campaign "All people united to build up cultural life in residential areas"; Strengthening Steering Committees in districts and communes; implement national communications program in local cultural development, partially summarizing the 3-year implementation (2010-2013) of movement "All people united to build up cultural life" in the province; made the preliminary 2-year implementation in quality Improvement program of the movement "All people united to build up cultural life in residential areas" in the new period, organizing the 4th Provincial … [Read more...] about Plan on implementing the movement “All people united to build up cultural life” in the 2013-2015 period
Vietnamese mother of US veteran denied visa to attend his funeral: report
A Vietnamese mother was denied visa to the U.S. twice and could not attend the funeral of her son, who served in the U.S. Navy, his father told the media. The 22-year-old veteran died of leukemia last month but his mother missed his burial because her request to visit was turned down by the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, WREG-TV reported. “That’s what made me fuming mad. Fuming,” the father, Hung Truong, who is of Vietnamese origin, told the Memphis station. His son served in the Navy for four years before leaving in October and had planned to study graphic design. He died on December 17, shortly after doctors diagnosed him. The father said his son was inspired by John F. Kennedy’s exhortation: Don’t ask what your country did for you, but ask what you did for your country. “But he’s already done for this country, but what has this country done for him?” he said, as cited in the report. Truong, who owns a jewelry store in Blytheville, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese mother of US veteran denied visa to attend his funeral: report