Commemoration for fallen troops and fishermen in Northeastern waters held

An alter is set to commemorate the fallen soldiers and fishermen.

Major General Tran Van Hau, Political Commissar of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command, offers incense to the fallen.

The event was part of the activities of the working mission of localities with a goal to grasp maritime situation held by the Command.

At the commemoration ceremony, Colonel Le Anh Son, Political Commissar of Flotilla 11 under the Command, emphasized that the sea and islands comprise a sacred and inseparable part of the Fatherland. They are the blood, will and aspirations of the ancestors, and nobody is allowed to encroach on them illegally. With efforts, sweat and even lives, generations of Vietnamese people have exercised, managed and firmly protected the country's maritime sovereignty.

The officer also said that taking responsibility, generations of Vietnamese fishermen have surmounted challenges, natural disasters and hardships and held onto the sea regardless of day or night and mastered the traditional fishing grounds. However, rough sea and other sea-related risks have claimed many lives of fishermen operating at sea.

Participants observe a minute’s silence.

Releasing the alter...

...and the wreath.

Participants release flowers in commemoration of the fallen.

At the event, the delegation paid tribute to the fallen and expressed deep gratitude to them. They promised to follow the predecessors to firmly defending national sovereignty over the sea and islands.

The delegation offered the fallen incense, released a wreath, and altar to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in the Northeastern waters of the nation.

Translated by Mai Huong