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[In Pictures] Solemn and moving incense-offering ceremony in memory of Gac Ma heroic martyrs

A delegation, led by Ho Thanh Hoan, Deputy Director of the Naval Force’s Political Department, paid a working visit to a number of islands in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Special Zone, Khanh Hoa Province, and the DK1 platform houses, from April 17 to 23.

Before the voyage, a group from the delegation led by Nguyen Trung Kien, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head of the delegation, came to offer incense and flowers in remembrance of the Gac Ma soldiers at the Gac Ma Soldiers Memorial Site in Khanh Hoa Province.

The Gac Ma Soldiers Memorial Site was built on a sand hill to the east of Nguyen Tat Thanh Boulevard, covers 2.5 hectares, and was inaugurated in July 2017. It is dedicated to 64 officers and soldiers of the Viet Nam People’s Navy who heroically sacrificed their lives while defending the nation’s sovereignty.
The Gac Ma Soldiers Memorial Site was built on a sand hill to the east of Nguyen Tat Thanh Boulevard, covers 2.5 hectares, and was inaugurated in July 2017. It is dedicated to 64 officers and soldiers of the Viet Nam People’s Navy who heroically sacrificed their lives while defending the nation’s sovereignty.
The delegation offers flowers in commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the battle to defend Gac Ma in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago (March 14, 1988–2026).
The delegation offers flowers in commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the battle to defend Gac Ma in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago (March 14, 1988–2026).
The delegation solemnly lays a wreath bearing the words “Forever Grateful to the Heroic Martyrs” at the foot of the monument “Those Who Remained Beyond the Horizon.”
The delegation solemnly lays a wreath bearing the words “Forever Grateful to the Heroic Martyrs” at the foot of the monument “Those Who Remained Beyond the Horizon.”
Delegates observes a minute of silence in memory of the 64 officers and soldiers of the Viet Nam People’s Navy who laid down their lives in heroic sacrifice.
Delegates observes a minute of silence in memory of the 64 officers and soldiers of the Viet Nam People’s Navy who laid down their lives in heroic sacrifice.
The delegation also lights incense in tribute to the martyrs.
The delegation also lights incense in tribute to the martyrs.
Beneath the monument is an underground exhibition area designed in the sacred shape of an “Immortal Circle,” with 64 beach morning glory flowers surrounding the national flag, symbolising the 64 soldiers who heroically fell on March 14, 1988.
Beneath the monument is an underground exhibition area designed in the sacred shape of an “Immortal Circle,” with 64 beach morning glory flowers surrounding the national flag, symbolising the 64 soldiers who heroically fell on March 14, 1988.
Delegates also revisit historical traces of the country’s struggle to build and defend its maritime sovereignty at the Gac Ma Soldiers Memorial Site.
Delegates also revisit historical traces of the country’s struggle to build and defend its maritime sovereignty at the Gac Ma Soldiers Memorial Site.
The delegation poses for a commemorative photograph in front of the memorial site.
The delegation poses for a commemorative photograph in front of the memorial site.

THUY NGUYEN

Translated by NDO

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