[Photos] War Invalids and Martyrs Day honored on 75th anniversary

Multimedia - PublishedTime : 15:03, 27/07/2022

Each year, activities are held to honor martyrs and wounded soldiers who sacrificed their lives for liberation and reunification.

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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the Steering Committee on Search and Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers, and other delegates launch a website on the martyrs’ database. The actions effectively digitize their remembrance as a symbol of eternal respect for their ultimate sacrifice

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A working delegation on its way to visit Truong Sa island district offshore of Khanh Hoa province holds a ceremony to offer incense and flower wreaths to soldiers who defended the nation’s sea and island sovereignty. They laid down their lives on Gac Ma island, Truong Sa archipelago on March 14, 1988

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Memorial and reburial services are held at a martyrs’ cemetery in Thua Thien-Hue province for 15 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos

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Young soldiers light up candles to honour martyrs at a cemetery in Binh Thuan province

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Graves at the Binh Thuan Martyrs’ Cemetery are surrounded with trees and flowers and always kept clean

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A1 National Martyrs Cemetery in Dien Bien province is the resting place of soldiers who lost their lives during the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954

VNA