The event, held on the threshold of the 70th anniversary of the Wounded Soldiers' and Martyrs' Day (July 27, 1947 - 2017), also saw the presence of more than 400 people who are holders of the “Vietnamese Heroic Mother” and “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” titles, veteran revolutionaries, war veterans, wounded soldiers, and martyrs’ families.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaking at the event
In Quang Nam, more than 65,400 martyrs have been recognized. The locality is also home to more than 30,500 wounded soldiers, 45,300 people assisting the revolution, and 11,700 others directly involved in revolutionary activities.
There have been 14,795 women bestowed or posthumously bestowed with the title “Vietnamese Heroic Mother”, and 914 of them are still alive.
Quang Nam has reportedly made great efforts to carry out policies targeting local martyrs’ families, wounded soldiers and national contributors.
Ahead of this year’s Wounded Soldiers' and Martyrs' Day, the province has raised more than 4.5 billion VND (198,000 USD) to make saving books for the 914 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, and an additional 3.5 billion VND (154,000 USD) for other gratitude activities.
Localities across the province have also raised fund for upgrading war cemeteries, building war memorials, and restoring martyrs’ tombs.
Addressing the meeting, PM Phuc, whose hometown is in Quang Nam, highly valued numerous practical activities done by authorities at all levels in the province to acknowledge persons with credit to the fight for Vietnam’s independence and freedom.
He told Quang Nam not to be complacent about what it has achieved in caring for national contributors since there remains much to be done in both short and long terms, including the search of martyrs’ remains, the verification of national contributors, and health care for the targeted group.
The Government leader also showed his respect for enormous efforts by wounded soldiers and national contributors, adding that they have continued dedicating to the development of their hometown.
He asked the administration of Quang Nam to better implement policies targeting national contributors, and especially educate younger generations, on the patriotism and the gratitude tradition.
Also on July 22, PM Phuc and over 400 participants, including Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, war veterans and martyrs’ relatives, attended a ceremony in Tam Ky city in tribute to national contributors.
Source: VNA