Hanoi, Aug. 9 -- Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese Party and State delegation to Laos on August 9 to pay respects to Lao National Assembly President Xaysomphone Phomvihane, who passed away on August 8. Comrade Xaysomphone Phomvihane passed away at 11:18 on August 8, at the age of 70 due to vasculitis, according to a special communique issued by the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), the National Assembly, the Government, the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Development and the bereaved family. To honour Comrade Xaysomphone Phomvihane's contributions and express deepest condolences over his passing, the LPRP Central Committee, the National Assemb...