A requiem to commemorate Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives to safeguard national sovereignty has been held in Truc Lam-Kharkov pagoda in Ukraine.
Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18 ahead of the late leader’s 128th birth anniversary (May 19, 1890).
The Vietnamese war veterans’ association in Ukraine and the Ukraine-Vietnam war veterans’ association gathered to mark the 73rd anniversary of the victory over fascism (May 9).
Close to 1,000 people joined the so-called Immortal Regiment procession in Hanoi on May 8 on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the victory of Russia’s Great Patriotic War (May 9, 1945-2017).
A ceremony was held at Dong Tam martyrs’ cemetery in the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 4 to rebury the remains of 23 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos.
The Embassy of Vietnam to Chile celebrated the 43th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification (April 30, 1975) in a ceremony on April 28 which gathered the Vietnamese community in Chile and many foreign guests.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 24 met with veterans of the 3rd Army Corps who fought in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Front in the resistance war against the US.
A special exhibition on mementoes featuring Vietnam’s resistance wars opened to the public on April 18 in Hoa Lo prison, Hanoi, providing a chance for not only Vietnamese people but also foreigners to get an insight into the Vietnamese victory to gain independence and freedom.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed his hope that young people of Vietnam and Cuba will treasure and write new chapters of the countries’ solidarity, friendship and cooperation.
The Vietnam Friendship Village, set up 20 years ago, has contributed to ease the pain for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims by giving nursing services and vocational training to AO-infected veterans and children.
A requiem was held at Tu An pagoda in Germany’s Berlin capital on March 18 to commemorate 64 soldiers who laid down their lives to defend Gac Ma Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago 30 years ago.
Nearly 500 war veterans who struggled to defend Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago met in Hoa Vinh town, Dong Hoa district, the central province of Phu Yen, to recall the Gac Ma battle.
Nearly 200 war veterans who once stationed on Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago attended a ceremony held in central Da Nang city on March 14 to commemorate 64 soldiers who laid down their lives while defending the island on March 14, 1988.
The public radio broadcaster Voice of Ho Chi Minh City People (VOH) on February 12 inaugurated a monument dedicated to soldiers who died in fighting at the Sai Gon radio station during the General Offensive and Uprising in the Spring of 1968.
A grand ceremony was held at the Thong Nhat (Reunification) Palace, Ho Chi Minh City on January 31 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the General Tet Offensive in the spring of 1968.
The Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) on January 30 handed over records related to remains of Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives in 1971 at Khe Gio bridge in Cam Thanh commune, Cam Lo district, the central province of Quang Tri.