Budapest (VNA) – Arequiem for fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect the country’ssea and islands sovereignty was recently held in Budapest, Hungary.
At the ceremony, overseas Vietnamese (OVs) recalledthe heroic sacrifices of the martyrs, including the 64 soldiers killed whileprotecting Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly)archipelago on March 14, 1988.
Trinh Tuan Anh, representative of the organisingboard, said that the requiem is part of the activities to express gratitude andrespect for the soldiers who lied down for the national sea and islands. -VNA
