The ceremony was attended by Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Do Van Chien, Vice Chairman of the General Department of Political Affairs and member of the National Steering Committee for the Search, Recovery and Identification of Martyrs’ Remains Senior Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh, among others.
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Delegates attend the memorial and burial service for 93 sets of martyrs at Vi Xuyen National War Cemetery. |
The 93 sets of martyrs’ remains were searched for and recovered in Thanh Thuy, Minh Tan and Vinh Tuy communes and Binh Thuan ward. The memorial and burial service was held in a solemn and respectful atmosphere at Vi Xuyen National War Cemetery.
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Delegates, officers and soldiers carry the martyrs’ remains to their final resting place. |
Before the Monument to Heroic Martyrs, delegates offered flowers and incense and observed a minute of silence to express their profound gratitude to the heroic martyrs who fought bravely and laid down their lives for the independence, sovereignty and sacred territorial integrity of the Fatherland.
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An honor guard performs the ceremonial farewell at the memorial and burial service for 93 martyrs at Vi Xuyen National War Cemetery. |
Delivering the eulogy, Phan Huy Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Tuyen Quang provincial People’s Committee, expressed deep respect and gratitude to the heroic martyrs who devoted their youth, blood and lives to the cause of national liberation, national construction and defense.
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Delegates pay tribute to the heroic martyrs at the burial ceremony. |
Under the Party and State’s policy on searching for and recovering martyrs’ remains, particularly the “500-day campaign to step up the search, recovery and identification of martyrs’ remains,” forces in Tuyen Quang province have recovered 149 sets of martyrs’ remains. Of these, 148 were remains of martyrs who fell in the fighting to defend the Northern border, while one set belonged to a martyr who sacrificed his life during the resistance war against the French colonialists.
Among the recovered remains, five sets with complete information have been handed over to local authorities and families at the request of the martyrs’ relatives.
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Delegates perform the flower-scattering ritual to bid farewell to the heroic martyrs as they are laid to rest. |
On this occasion, the Party organization, authorities, armed forces and people of all ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang province pledged to continue upholding the revolutionary tradition and making every effort to search for, recover and identify martyrs who remain on former battlefields. They also pledged to effectively implement policies for national contributors and care for policy families and martyrs’ relatives, so that the great sacrifices of the heroic martyrs will forever be remembered by present and future generations.
The memorial and burial service for the 93 martyrs was a profoundly meaningful political and humanitarian activity, demonstrating the affection, responsibility and gratitude of the Party organization, authorities, armed forces and people of all ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang toward the heroic martyrs. It also reaffirmed the Vietnamese tradition of “When drinking water, remember its source” and gratitude activities.
Translated by Song Anh