Requiem for fallen soldiers at Vietnam – Laos int’l martyrs’ cemetery
A grand requiem ceremony was held at Vietnam – Laos International Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of Nghe An on July 18 night, on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of Day of Martyrs and Invalids (July 27).
At the Vietnam – Laos International Martyrs’ Cemetery (Photo: VNA)
Nghe An (VNA)🦩 – A grand requiem ceremony was held atVietnam – Laos International Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of NgheAn on July 18 night, on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of Day ofMartyrs and Invalids (July 27).
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man was present at the event, among others. Speaking at the ceremony, Secretary of the Anh Son District PartyCommittee and Chairman of the district People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Sang theevent offers a chance to express gratitude to heroes who laid down their lives for national independence and freedom, to recall the glorious tradition of thenation in the fight against foreign invaders and to educate young generations about thenational patriotic tradition. In his speech, Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Permanent ViceChairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Executive Council, affirmed that duringthe wars against French colonialists and American imperialists, Vietnamesevoluntary soldiers and military experts always stood side by side with the Lao armyand people to build administrations and protect liberated areas as well as spread the guerrilla waracross Laos. The Vietnam – Laos International Martyrs’ Cemetery, the only onenamed after the two nations, is now home to tombs of over 11,000 voluntary soldiersand military experts who sacrificed on Lao battlefields. About 6,900 of themremain unidentified and 570 others lacking homeland identity. The same day, President of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presented the plates of houses to twopoor households in Do Luong district and offered gifts to three policybeneficiary families in Anh Son district. He wished that Nghe An would continue its revolutionarytradition to build itself into a spotlight in patriotic emulation movements, offersocial and health care support to those who paid merit services to the nation,especially families of martyrs and invalids. Earlier, the VFF delegation offered incense at Chung Son Templededicated to ancestors of late President Ho Chi Minh, Kim Lien relic site inNam Dan district, and Truong Bon national relic site in Do Luong district./.
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At the Vietnam – Laos International Martyrs’ Cemetery (Photo: VNA) 
