The central city of Da Nang on December 17 bestowed the “Vietnamese heroic mother” title upon 255 women whose husbands and children laid down their lives for national liberation.

Addressing the ceremony, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Van Huu Chien stressed that the city is always grateful for the dedication and sacrifice by martyrs and heroic mothers.

Over the past years, generations of the municipal leaders have exerted every effort to build Da Nang into an industrial and modern city, he said, calling on authorities and relevant organisations to continue support for those who made contributions to the nation.

In the past few years, Da Nang has paid much attention to taking care of both the material and spiritual lives of wounded soldiers and martyrs’ families. It is the first locality in the country fulfilling a plan to build and repair houses for policy beneficiaries.

In 2014 alone, 950 houses were repaired and built at the total cost of 22.6 billion VND (1.1 million USD). The figure is expected to increase to 1,000 next year.-VNA