The incense offering ceremony was held on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of Vietnam’s War Invalids and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (July 27, 1947-2020).
Delegates observed a minute’s silence to show their infinite gratitude and commemorate the tens of thousands of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who perished when implementing international missions in Cambodia during wartime.
Also on July 26-27, an incense offering event was held in many Cambodian provinces, including Preah Sihanouk and Battambang, to salute Vietnam’s heroic martyrs.
* This morning, a delegation of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, led by Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong, laid wreaths and offered incense at the HCM City Martyrs’ Cemetery in District 9 and the HCM City Cemetery in Thu Duc District.
At the HCM City Martyrs’ Cemetery, delegates observed a minute’s silence showing their deep gratitude to heroic Vietnamese mothers, war heroes and fallen soldiers who laid down their lives for the cause of national liberation and for the nation’s independence and freedom. They offered incense at the tombs of more than 15,000 martyrs.
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Delegates observe a minute's silence in commemoration of herotic martyrs. (Photo: qdnd.vn)
The same day, a delegation from HCM City authorities and local people offered floral and incense tributes to fallen soldiers at the Ben Duoc martyrs’ memorial temple, the Cu Chi District Martyrs’ Cemetery and the Heroic Vietnamese Mother Memorial House.
* On July 27, the authorities of Quang Tri Town, Quang Tri Province held memorial and burial services at the Quang Tri Town Martyrs’ Cemetery for the remains of 10 fallen soldiers, collected in the Mit Cave area in the Dap Tram lake bed in Hai Le Commune, Quang Tri Town.
* The same day, the Long An Provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony to receive and rebury 110 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who perished in Cambodia during the wartime.
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Delegates offer incense to fallen soldiers. (Photo: qdnd.vn)
The martyrs’ remains were searched for and collected by Team K73 under the Long An Provincial Military Command in the Cambodian provinces of Svay Rieng, Pailin and Battambang in the 2019-2020 dry season.
* On July 27, many war veterans and martyrs’ relatives together prepared feasts for the joint death anniversary of more than 6,000 martyrs who are resting at the Phu Yen Provincial Martyrs’ Cemetery in Phu Dong Ward, Tuy Hoa City, on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of Vietnam’s War Invalids and Fallen Soldiers’ Day.
In addition to the Phu Yen Provincial Martyrs’ Cemetery, a similarly meaningful joint death anniversary was also held by the province’s war veterans at the two collective martyrs’ grave areas, Bac Ly (in Cung Song Township, Son Hoa District) and Ninh Tinh (in Tuy Hoa City).
