Ceremonies to commemorate and rebury remains of Vietnamese soldiers during wartime took place in the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and An Giang on July 20.
The first portal on war martyrs, war martyrs’ graves and cemeteries nationwide is set to make debut this July, expected to facilitate the public’s access to relevant information and search for the graves of their relatives who laid down their lives for the sake of the country.
A military funeral was held by the authorities of central Thua Thien – Hue province on May 11 to rebury remains of 11 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died on duty in Laos during the wartime.
A delegation of representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front and armed forces of Ho Chi Minh City paid tribute to war heroes and fallen soldiers at the city’s war martyr cemetery on February 9.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a reburial ceremony for remains of six martyrs who laid down their lives during the 1968 General Offensive and Uprising at Cu Chi district’s martyr cemetery.
Candles were lit at the Vietnam-Laos martyr cemetery in the central province of Nghe An on July 15 to remember more than 11,000 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos.
A solemn ceremony was held at Tong Khao Martyrs Cemetery in northern Dien Bien province on May 23 to rebury 30 sets of remains of voluntary Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives on battlefields in Laos.
A solemn commemoration ceremony was held for 16 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts, who laid down their life in Laos during wartime, at the Hue martyr cemetery in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on May 16.
The Central Highland province of Gia Lai on May 11 held a memorial and burial service for the remains of 29 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in the battlefields of Cambodia during wartime.
A flag-raising ceremony was held at the Hien Luong – Ben Hai historic site in Vinh Linh district, the central province of Quang Tri on April 30 to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975) and the 45th anniversary of the liberation of Quang Tri (May 1, 1972).
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Font (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan has congratulated Khmer people on their traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay during his working visit to southern province of Soc Trang and Tra Vinh.
A delegation of Vietnamese and Lao people on July 27 visited the Vietnam - Laos coalition martyr cemetery in Keun village, Vientiane province, to offer incense to the heroic martyrs.
A burial service was held at a martyr cemetery in Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province on May 18 to re-bury the remains of 14 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Laos and Cambodia during wartime.
A ceremony was held at a martyr cemetery in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on May 14 to rebury the remains of 30 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in the Cambodia.
A memorial service was held at Road 9 National Martyrs Cemetery in Quang Tri province on May 12 for 37 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts whose remains had just been brought back to Viet Nam.
A ceremony was held at a martyr cemetery in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on May 11 to rebury the remains of 15 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia.
Thirty five sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos were reburied in a martyr cemetery in Bo Trach district of the central province of Quang Binh on May 11.
A ceremony was held on May 10 in Thanh Hoa province to rebury remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos and Lao soldiers and students who died in Vietnam during wartime.
