The Vietnamese communities in Laos and the Republic of Korea on July 27 held grand requiems to pay tribute to soldiers who sacrificed their lives to the nation on the occasion of the 72nd War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has organised various activities to pay tribute to war martyrs and invalids, including those of the agency, on the occasion of the 72ndt Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
A delegation led by Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan laid wreaths and offered incense at the municipal martyrs’ cemetery in District 9 and the Ho Chi Minh City cemetery in Thu Duc district on July 27, on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Vietnam Invalids and Martyrs Day.
A special art programme was held at the Road 9 National Martyrs Cemetery in the central province of Quang Tri on July 26 night on the occasion of the 72nd War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai held a ceremony at An Khe town’s martyr cemetery on July 26 to rebury remains of 61 martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the resistance war against the US.
Incumbent and former leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee offered flowers and incense to martyrs at the Martyrs’ Monument in Hanoi on July 26 on the occasion of the 72nd Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Close to 700 artists from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were brought together at the Road No 9 Singing Festival which closed in the central province of Quang Tri on July 25.
Activities have been held nationwide to pay tribute to those who sacrificed for the cause of the national revolution. They took place on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
Twenty-three remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers fallen in Cambodia were reburied at the martyrs’ cemetery in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on July 24.
Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on July 24 paid tribute to fallen soldiers at the Ben Duoc Memorial Temple and the Sai Gon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh Revolution Memorial Complex in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of the 72nd War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
A ceremony was held in the southern province of Tay Ninh on July 23 to pay tribute to heroic martyrs and re-bury remains of fallen soldiers found in the province and repatriated from Cambodia.
A ceremony was held in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on July 22 to present certificates honouring 468 families of fallen soldiers, as part of the activities to mark the 72nd anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 12 held a ceremony to start the Vietnam Summer Camp 2019.
A ceremony was held in Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province on July 10 to repatriate remains of 22 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid their lives down there during wartime.
The Buddhist Sangha of the northern border province of Ha Giang held a requiem for the souls of people who sacrificed their lives for the nation’s freedom, independence and integrity, at the Vi Xuyen’s National Martyrs’ Cemetery in Ha Giang province on July 7.
A ceremony was held at Tong Khao cemetery in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien to rebury remains of 12 volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts who died for international missions in six northern Lao provinces.
During the war against the U.S., about 100 North Korean pilots were sent to Vietnam. Many sources say that North Korean pilots fought very bravely and shot down 26 enemy aircraft.
A ceremony to rebury the remains of 18 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who lost their lives during wartime in Laos took place in Dong Tam international martyrs’ cemetery, the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 14.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a welcome ceremony for his Nepali counterpart Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli who is in Vietnam for an official visit and attending Vesak 2019 in Hanoi on May 11.
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