#former Prime Minister

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong on November 27 received Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Toshihiro Nikai, former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and a number of parliamentarians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during his ongoing visit to Japan.

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam will open a condolence book on July 11-12 in commemoration of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who passed away on July 8.

Malaysian police on May 17 searched former Prime Minister Najib Razak's home and other places linked to him in connection with a probe into the corruption scandal at the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), said a senior police officer.

Former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai passed away at 1:30 on March 17 at Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City, aged 85, according to the Board of health care services for senior officials.