President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will represent the leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State at the state funeral of the late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Japan from September 25-28.
The funeral of the late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will be held on September 27th at a Japanese martial arts dojo, with the attendance of many international dignitaries.
The suspect who shot and killed former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo had mentioned his intention to assassinate him in a letter sent to Chugoku, according to the Japan Times.
Sources indicate that the suspect in the assassination of the late Japanese Prime Minister had been following the politician on his campaign trail since the day before.
On July 9th, Reuters reported that Japanese police admitted to security loopholes in Nara, the city where former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was assassinated.
The people of Japan, world leaders, and people around the world have expressed their condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. His funeral arrangements will be decided by the Liberal Democratic Party.
At a press conference on the evening of July 8, police in Nara Prefecture, Japan, announced the formation of a 90-member task force to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
According to the BBC, on July 9th, a funeral procession believed to be carrying the body of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo left a hospital in Nara to return to his home in Tokyo.
Fumio Kishida, Japan's former Foreign Minister, was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on September 29, effectively making him the next Prime Minister.