The reburial ceremony for the remains of 108 Vietnamese soldiers at the Doc Da Bac martyrs' cemcetery in Thoi Son commune of Tinh Bien town, An Giang province, on July 25 (Photo: VNA) Delegations of the Ministry of Health (MoH) have visited warinvalids and families of martyrs who used to work in the health sector in differentlocalities such as Ha Giang, Quang Tri, and Ha Tinh provinces.
On July 25, Minister Dao Hong Lan visited Doan Ngoc Tram, the motherof martyr and doctor Dang Thuy Tram, in Hanoi to pay tribute to the martyr.
She affirmed that paying the debt of gratitude is a precioustradition of the country, and the MoH has always worked to uphold thistradition.
Dang Thuy Tram, born on November 26, 1942, had a father who was a doctor andher mother a pharmacist. After graduating from the Hanoi Medical University in1966, she voluntarily went to serve the southern battlefield and was assignedto take charge of the Duc Pho clinic, which gave treatment to injured soldiers,in Quang Ngai province. She died in 1970 when that area was ambushed by theenemy.
Also on July25, Military Region 9 coordinated with authorities of the southern province ofAn Giang to hold a reburial ceremony for the remains of 108 Vietnamese volunteersoldiers who laid down their lives during wartime in the province and Cambodia.
During the 2022- 2023 dry season, Team K90 of Military Region 9 and Team K93 of the An GiangMilitary Command found and repatriated remains of 108 Vietnamese soldiers inCambodia and in An Giang. All remained unidentified, according to the steeringboard for searching, repatriating and identifying martyrs’ remains of An Giang.
Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh expressed hisdeep gratitude to the soldiers who devoted their lives to border defenceand the international mission, as well as to the national construction andsafeguarding.
He also thanked theadministrations and people of Vietnamese and Cambodian localities for supportingthe search and repatriation of martyrs’ remains./.
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