President Truong Tan Sang, permanent member of the Party CentralCommittee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh, National Assembly Vice ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh attended theevent.
During the war against America, the battlefield of NhonTrach saw some of the most severe fightings in the south-easternregion, witnessing the deaths of countless soldiers from all overVietnam, most of whom were still very young.
On June 20, 2013,a mass grave containing the remains of more than 20 soldiers wasdiscovered in Dong Nai. Later, on August 18, 2014, another grave wasfound with the remains of more than 100 martyrs.-VNA