Speakingat the event, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son, Chairman of theState Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, said this was the firsttime such a large-scale requiem held in the province.
The delegation, which represents 4.5 million Vietnamese living abroad,is in Vietnam to attend the death anniversary of the Hung Kingsand the Hung Kings Temple Festival 2013, he added.
On this occasion, the overseas Vietnamese presented 30 gifts to families that renders service during wars in the province.-VNA