In Vietnam, a two-day national mourning for Party General Secretary Trong will also be observed on July 25 - 26./. He held that the General Secretary deserves to be one of President Ho Chi Minh's excellent disciples. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam headed by Trong, Vietnam has achieved remarkable feats in economic and foreign affairs, and security, peace, and stability have been increasingly maintained, Shaaban assessed. The former Singaporean Foreign Affairs official underlined that there are many reasons why General Secretary Trong was one of Vietnam's most successful leaders. It was the second visit by a Vietnamese Party General Secretary to Thailand after the first one by General Secretary Do Muoi in 1993.