Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang died on Friday at the age of 61 after a serious illness, state media reported. "President Tran Dai died at 10:05 am on the 21st of September at the military hospital," the official Vietnam News Agency reported Friday.

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Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61: State media

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