Activities show gratitude to martyrs and war invalids

Nhan Dan - Politburo member and National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on July 17 presented gifts to a number of policy beneficiaries in Da Nang city and the central province of Quang Nam.

NA Vice Chairwoman Ngan visits Nguyen Van Hien, a revolutionary veteran in Da Nang. (VOV)
NA Vice Chairwoman Ngan visits Nguyen Van Hien, a revolutionary veteran in Da Nang. (VOV)

In Da Nang city, the NA Vice Chairwoman paid a visit to Nguyen Van Hien, a revolutionary veteran with a 65-year Party membership badge. She also visited the Vietnamese Heroic Mother Statue in Tam Ky city, and presented gifts to policy beneficiary families and national contributors at a care centre for war invalids in Hoi An city.

* A national conference was held in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, on July 18 to honour 350 outstanding invalids, heroic Vietnamese mothers, and Heroes of the People’s Armed Forces, as well as relatives of martyrs, revolutionary contributors from 63 cities and provinces across the country.

The event was jointly organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Public Security, Nhan Dan newspaper and the Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee.

The honorees were chosen as representatives of some 8.8 million revolutionary contributors across the country. They were heroes during Vietnam’s resistance wars and have set admirable examples for productive labour, as well as in the campaign to ‘Study and Follow President Ho Chi Minh's Moral Example’ and other patriotic emulation movements.

The conference is of great political significance on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947 - 2014), showing the affection, gratitude and responsibility the Party, State and people feel towards those who have made sacrifices for the fatherland's independence and freedom.

* On July 17, a delegation from the Ministry of Public Security offered incense at the Bac Tra My district Martyrs’ Cemetery and the Security Zone 5 historic site in commemoration of heroes and martyrs who sacrificed for national salvation and unification.

On this occasion, the ministry also sent VND 500 million to the Bac Tra My district People's Committee to upgrade the district martyrs’ cemetery, and presented VND 150 million to a boarding school for ethnic minority students in Nam Tra My district.