A ceremony was held on March 18 toinaugurate upgrades to a martyr cemetery in Yen Minh district, thenorthern mountainous Ha Giang province, as part of activities tocelebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Hanh Phuc (happiness) Road”(March 20, 1965-2015).
The cemetery is thefinal resting place for the 14 young volunteers who lost their livesduring the road’s construction, said Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Tran Duc Quy, who is also Head of the organisationboard of the road’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
The province has invested nearly two billion VND (93,000 USD) toupgrade the cemetery in an effort to demonstrate gratitude and respectfor 2,500 young volunteers who built the road over six years from 1959to 1965.
The road, named by the late PresidentHo Chi Minh, stretches 166 kilometre through the four mountainousdistricts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac and has broughtsubstantial changes to the local socio-economic situation.
The volunteers came from the northern provinces of Cao Bang, Bac Kan,Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, Hai Duong and Nam Dinh.-VNA
The cemetery is thefinal resting place for the 14 young volunteers who lost their livesduring the road’s construction, said Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Tran Duc Quy, who is also Head of the organisationboard of the road’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
The province has invested nearly two billion VND (93,000 USD) toupgrade the cemetery in an effort to demonstrate gratitude and respectfor 2,500 young volunteers who built the road over six years from 1959to 1965.
The road, named by the late PresidentHo Chi Minh, stretches 166 kilometre through the four mountainousdistricts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac and has broughtsubstantial changes to the local socio-economic situation.
The volunteers came from the northern provinces of Cao Bang, Bac Kan,Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, Hai Duong and Nam Dinh.-VNA
