HCM City leaders pay tribute to fallen soldiers

This is a traditional activity of the municipal Party Committee, authorities and people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Delegates spent a minute of silence, expressing their deep gratitude to heroes and martyrs who laid down their lives for the national independence and reunification.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on February 8 led a delegation to lay wreaths and offer incense at the HCM City Martyrs' Cemeteries at Khong Ten and Lac Canh hills.

Immediately after the visits, the delegation offered incense and Banh Tet (round glutinous rice cake) in tribute to Hung Kings - the legendary founders of Vietnam, and Nguyen Huu Canh, who founded the Saigon – Gia Dinh region (present HCM City) in 1698, at the Hung Kings Memorial Park in Thu Duc city.

The delegation also laid wreaths in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, President Ton Duc Thang at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in HCM City.

On the same day, a delegation of the municipal People’s Council, People’s Committee and the Fatherland Front Committee of HCM City burnt incense to commemorate martyrs at Ben Duoc Martyrs Memorial Temple in Cu Chi district.

Source: VNA