More than 4,000 youth union members and health workers volunteered to work at the state funeral of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 25 and 26.

The volunteers were deployed at the National Morgue (5A Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hai Ba Trung District), the late General Secretary's house (5 Thien Quang Street, Hai Ba Trung District), his hometown in Lai Da Village, Dong Anh District, Mai Dich Cemetery (Cau Giay District) and some streets during the funeral procession.

During the period of national mourning, the volunteers assisted and guided delegations and people who came to pay their respects to the late General Secretary.

Youth union members and young people from Dong Anh district clean up the surroundings of Lai Da village, hometown of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Dong Anh News

Volunteers hang flags at half-mast in memory of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Nhandan

The Hanoi Youth Union distributes free water, snacks, paper fans, umbrellas, and raincoats to mourners during the funeral, and participates in ensuring traffic order and environmental sanitation. Photo: VNA

Volunteers in Hanoi hand out free water, snacks and paper fans to people who come to see off General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: VNA

Many young volunteers in blue shirts are present, ready to help people when needed. Photo: Khanh Huy/The Hanoi Times

Volunteers assist the elderly at the funeral. Photo: Khanh Huy/The Hanoi Times

At the end of the first day of the funeral, the volunteers are still in high spirits. Photo: Dong Anh News

The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC) is responsible for plans to respond to specific epidemic situations and for providing guidance on epidemic prevention and environmental sanitation at venues where funeral honors are held and at hotels where delegates and foreign guests are staying.

Hospitals in the city have also been prepared with personnel and emergency teams to respond to medical situations during the funeral of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Hanoi Emergency Center 115 has three emergency teams on duty around the clock, ready to take action when needed.

Medical centers in Hai Ba Trung, Cau Giay, and Dong Anh districts coordinated with Hanoi CDC for rigorous epidemic surveillance and proactively detected local outbreaks to treat and control them during the funeral. 

The working group of the Ministry of Health provides medical services at funeral sites in Dong Anh District. Photo: Nhandan Hanoi Emergency Center 115 stands ready with emergency vehicles for the state funeral of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Quandoinhandan

The delegation inspects the health work for the state funeral at the National Funeral House, 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi. Photo: VNA