July 27, 2018 | 20:13 (GMT+7)
Leaders pay tribute to heroic martyrs
A delegation of the Party Central Committee, President, National Assembly (NA), Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on July 27 laid wreaths at the Monument for Heroic Martyrs and President Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Wounded Soldiers’ and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).
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Leaders and former leaders lay wreaths at the Monument for Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi Wounded Soldiers. |
The delegation included General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, former Party General Secretaries Le Kha Phieu and Nong Duc Manh, President Tran Dai Quang, former President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, former NA Chairman Nguyen Van An, and President of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man.
The leaders and former leaders then paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.
The same day, many delegations from the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, the Government Office, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, and Hanoi city also laid wreaths in memory of martyrs and paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh.
The Vietnam Wounded Soldiers’ and Martyrs’ Day is a special chance for the entire country to commemorate millions of martyrs and wounded soldiers who sacrificed their lives and health during the wars.
In 1947, just two years after President Ho Chi Minh delivered the declaration of independence, the first decree on preferential policies for wounded soldiers and fallen soldiers was issued.
The same year, July 27 was designated as the national wounded soldiers’ day, which was later renamed the Wounded Soldiers’ and Martyrs’ Day, to call on the entire community to support wounded soldiers’ and martyrs’ families in acknowledgement of their contributions to the nation.
Source: VNA