Leaders from the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and theVietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on July 27commemorated fallen heroes and combatants to mark the 63rd War Invalidsand Martyrs Day.
They included Party GeneralSecretary Nong Duc Manh, State President Nguyen Minh Triet, PrimeMinister Nguyen Tan Dung, NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and VFFCCPresident Huynh Dam, who all laid wreaths and offered incense at themonument dedicated to fallen heroes and martyrs in Hanoi . They alsopaid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.
The same day, an exhibition of more than 100 paintings featuringheroic Vietnamese mothers opened Hanoi in the presence of StatePresident Nguyen Minh Triet.
The paintings wereselected from a total of 226 portraits by female painter Dang Ai Vietduring her journey through 18 cities and provinces from February 19 toJune 26.
As a painter and a former soldier, Ai Vietthoroughly understands the losses and pain caused by the wars, and shetreasures the great sacrifices made by Vietnamese mothers.
Ai Viet regards her trip as her way of showing her gratitude and a way of repaying Vietnam ’s heroic mothers.
“The life of each mother is a long story that tells us and ourdescendants about the losses and sacrifices they made for the future,”said the painter.
President Nguyen Minh Triet hailedthe exhibition as a special and significant way of marking War Invalidsand Martyrs Day. The State leader also praised Ai Viet for her gooddeed.
“When I looked at the faces of the mothers, Ifelt their pain – the pain of wives who lost their husbands, of motherswho lost their children and of the sincerity of ordinary but extremelystrong Vietnamese women. Their greatness is in their patriotism, theirdesire for national independence and freedom and their willingness tosacrifice themselves as well as their families to win the country’sindependence,” said President Triet.
According tothe Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnamrecognises almost 50,000 heroic Vietnamese mothers who devotedthemselves to the nation during the wars of resistance against Frenchand US aggressors and around 5,000 of them are still alive./.
They included Party GeneralSecretary Nong Duc Manh, State President Nguyen Minh Triet, PrimeMinister Nguyen Tan Dung, NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and VFFCCPresident Huynh Dam, who all laid wreaths and offered incense at themonument dedicated to fallen heroes and martyrs in Hanoi . They alsopaid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.
The same day, an exhibition of more than 100 paintings featuringheroic Vietnamese mothers opened Hanoi in the presence of StatePresident Nguyen Minh Triet.
The paintings wereselected from a total of 226 portraits by female painter Dang Ai Vietduring her journey through 18 cities and provinces from February 19 toJune 26.
As a painter and a former soldier, Ai Vietthoroughly understands the losses and pain caused by the wars, and shetreasures the great sacrifices made by Vietnamese mothers.
Ai Viet regards her trip as her way of showing her gratitude and a way of repaying Vietnam ’s heroic mothers.
“The life of each mother is a long story that tells us and ourdescendants about the losses and sacrifices they made for the future,”said the painter.
President Nguyen Minh Triet hailedthe exhibition as a special and significant way of marking War Invalidsand Martyrs Day. The State leader also praised Ai Viet for her gooddeed.
“When I looked at the faces of the mothers, Ifelt their pain – the pain of wives who lost their husbands, of motherswho lost their children and of the sincerity of ordinary but extremelystrong Vietnamese women. Their greatness is in their patriotism, theirdesire for national independence and freedom and their willingness tosacrifice themselves as well as their families to win the country’sindependence,” said President Triet.
According tothe Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnamrecognises almost 50,000 heroic Vietnamese mothers who devotedthemselves to the nation during the wars of resistance against Frenchand US aggressors and around 5,000 of them are still alive./.
