QA-75-86

So the Secretary General Nguyễn Phú Trọng has passed away (rest in peace). Do you plan to attend his funeral and capture military vehicles there, if you're comfortable doing so?

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He has served the country well, rest in peace. You actually just read my mind since I plan to do the exact same thing you said, attending his funeral. I already know where the National Funeral House is, but the main problem is the security. Other state funerals have a lot of police and military officers guarding the surrondings of the funeral house so I'm not quite sure they allow civilians. Nevertheless, I would try my best.

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Should be at 5 Trần Thánh Tông. From this streetview, you could actually stand outside and capture vehicles going past. Good.

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I've realized that there was a PAZ in that streetview. I sadly missed one, I was on the bus and I sat on the wrong side when one came from the opposite lane...

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I actually know a PAZ near my area. An ex-military one, with the unit sticker and military registry sticker still intact. Sadly, the plate was removed. Hope you could catch another PAZ in the future!

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OK then. Hope your visit comes smoothly.

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Hi there,
I've looked up the funeral details, and according to Article 15 of Circular 86/2016/TT-BQP, the vehicles used will be:

1 command vehicle;
1 vehicle carrying military flag, photo and medals;
1 honorary unit vehicle (if honorary unit has 3 forces, use 3 vehicles);
1 flower truck;
1 hearse;
from 3 to 4 vehicles carrying people to the funeral;
and 2 Funeral Organizing Committee vehicles.

If conditions are right, there may also be: 2 information vehicles, 1 ambulance, 1 backup vehicle and some additional police vehicles.

Hopes this helps. Good luck.

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Thanks a lot. I also have found out that civilians are allowed to take pictures of the funeral convoy (since my family were scared that I'm going to get into some troubles with the security there) so I guess I have to go to the funeral really early to secure a nice spot, I would try my best.

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Here's the PAZ that I'm talking about:



I think I have first seen it back in 2013-2014, so it's good to say it has been there for at least 10 years. The bus, unfortunately has became a victim of vandalism. Even the military has to put a warning sign to prevent it. The unit's code is A1-22, which is still intact.

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To the best of my knowledge, the buses are more common in rural areas right?

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If we are talking about the PAZs, high chances are. Back in Hải Dương, I have saw a lot of old Soviet trucks from the military. I think it has something to do with the lack of funding of rural areas since compared to Hanoi, most of the governmental and military vehicles there in Hải Dương are usually older than that of Hanoi.

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OK then. If you could, you can visit the public hospitals there. I did this back in June in HCMC and captured at least 50 governmental and 20 military plates.

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They actually allowed civilians to just go inside the hospital without any reasons?

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I just visited and took pictures and nothing happened. Even at Military Hospital 175, and I walked deep inside. I actually want to visit every public hospital in Đồng Nai and HCMC. It has been successful so far.

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Thank you for the advice. I would probably try to visit Bạch Mai Hospital, Military Central 108 Hospital and Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Hospital in the next few weeks before the school begins.

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Just don't be too intrusive there.

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I do think the advice could apply to public educational institutions, police stations and administrative buildings too. Again, don’t be too intrusive.

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Thank you, it has worked once for me while visiting a district People's Committee building back in June. I'm not so sure about police stations though...

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The smaller ones may work. The bigger ones, you may need to act as natural as possible.

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