Prime Minister offers incense to martyrs at Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to martyrs at Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site in Cam Hai Dong commune, Cam Lam district, Khanh Hoa province on the afternoon of March 12 as part of his working visit to the central province of Khanh Hoa.

The Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site (Photo: VNA)
The Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site (Photo: VNA)

The government leader expressed his gratitude to 64 soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Navy who laid down their lives at Gac Ma Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to defend the nation on March 14, 1988.

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The Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site

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PM Pham Minh Chinh offers incense to martyrs at Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site

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PM Pham Minh Chinh writes in a guestbook at the Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site

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PM Pham Minh Chinh offers incense to martyrs at Gac Ma soldiers’ memorial site

On the same day, the PM also visited officers and soldiers of Submarine Brigade 189 and Brigade 162 of Naval Region 4.

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The PM visits officers and soldiers of Submarine Brigade 189

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The PM and officers and soldiers of Submarine Brigade 189

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The PM and officers and soldiers of Brigade 162 of Naval Region 4.