Respects were paid and memorial services held on October 22 for 22 officers and soldiers of Economic-Defence Army 337 of Military Region 4, who sacrificed their lives conducting flood response operations in central Quang Tri province. (Photo: VNA) Quang Tri (VNA) - Respects were paid and memorial services held on October 22for 22 officers and soldiers of Economic-Defence Army 337 of Military Region 4,who sacrificed their lives conducting flood response operations in centralQuang Tri province.
Party GeneralSecretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc,and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent wreaths to theceremony.
Politburo memberand Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh led a Party and Statedelegation to the tribute to the deceased who died responding to flooding onOctober 18.
Their deathshave grieved their families, all military officers and soldiers, and peoplenationwide, Binh said, stressing that the Party, State and people will always remembertheir sacrifice.
He extended deepestsympathies and condolences to the bereaved families and hoped they will soonovercome the loss and stabilise their lives.
Delegations fromthe Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, theGeneral Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), the NationalCommittee for Disaster Response, the VPA’s General Staff, Military Region 4, andthe Ministry of Planning and Investment, among others, also attended the services.
One eulogy notedthat the officers and soldiers of the unit had conducted rescue operations inHuong Phung commune in Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province, helping localresidents protect their lives and property amid torrential rains and floodsthat triggered landslides.
They returned totheir base before continuing with the mission and were killed in a landslide onthe night of October 18, representing a huge loss for their families, MilitaryRegion 4, the army, and citizens nationwide.
All wereposthumously presented with national defence orders, recognised as martyrs, andpromoted in ranks by the State President, the Prime Minister, and the defenceministry./.
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