A ceremony was held at the Vi Xuyen National Martyrs’ Cemetery in the northern province of Ha Giang on July 10 to rebury the remains of 10 soldiers who sacrificed their lives during battles to defend the country’s northern border line.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a delegation off high-ranking officials on April 29 offered incense at the Quang Tri ancient citadel, a special national relic site, in memory of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the famous Quang Tri battle to defend the country.
Vietnamese Consul General in Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province Vu Ngoc Ly led a Vietnamese delegation to Kep and Kampot provinces to lay flowers at the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monuments in the two localities to commemorate Vietnamese martyrs who died in battle in the neighbouring country.
The authorities of the northern province of Hoa Binh on January 11 held a ceremony to rebury remains of 23 martyrs who laid down their lives during the anti-French resistance war in a martyrs’ cemetery in Luong Son district’s Trung Son commune.
Officials and people in Dak Mil district in the central highlands’ province of Dak Nong attended a memorial and burial service for the remains of war martyrs found in the locality during the construction of the district square.
Seventy-three “The Fatherland Acknowledges the Merit” certificates were presented to families of war martyrs during a ceremony in the central province of Quang Nam on July 21.
A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the State President, the National Assembly, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee on May 18 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the late President’s 130th birthday (May 19, 1890-2020).
A delegation of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and armed forces on April 29 laid wreaths at the city’s martyrs cemetery on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification Day (April 30) and the 134th May Day.
Vietnam expects further support from Australia in the search for Vietnamese soldiers who died or went missing during the war, Deputy Minister of Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem said on September 11.
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 Centre for DNA Identification for Revolutionary Martyrs under the Institute of Biotechnology debuted in Hanoi on July 25, aiming to make it easier to find the remains of war martyrs.
A lantern floating festival was held on Thach Han river in Quang Tri town of the central province of the same name on July 19 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).
A delegation of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, People’s Committee, People’s Council and Vietnam Fatherland Front on April 26 paid homage to fallen soldiers at local martyrs’ cemeteries on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification, and 133rd May Day.
A stele commemorating Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives during the southwest border defence war (1977-1979) was inaugurated in Ia Dom commune, of Duc Co district in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, on February 20.
A web page containing information on martyrs and where they are buried has been built, making it easier for those who are desperately looking for information about their beloved ones.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the families of war martyrs Trinh Dinh Khoi and Dang Thuy Tram in Hanoi on July 26, as part of activities marking the 71st anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day.
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