Sunday, 28/07/2019 19:03 (GMT+7)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered incense to war heroes at a temple on Que mountain, the central province of Quang Nam, on July 27th, marking the 72nd anniversary of Wounded and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (July 27th).
The temple is dedicated to 40 martyrs from Special Force Battalion 409, Military Zone 5, who laid down their lives on May 11th, 1969, when attacking the headquarters of the US army’s Brigade 196.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense to
war heroes at a temple on Que mountain in Quang Nam province. (Photo: VGP)
The temple is being upgraded and
scheduled for inauguration later this year.
Earlier, the government leader also
paid tribute to 309 heroic martyrs in Phuong Nghe village, Que Phu commune, Que
Son district.
The village is home to the second
largest contingent of martyrs nationwide during the anti-US war, and 68
Vietnamese heroic mothers. It has been awarded the title of hero of the
People’s Armed Forces six times.
Quang Nam counts over 65,000 martyrs
and about 15,000 Vietnamese heroic mothers, nearly 900 of them still alive.
On the occasion of the day, the
Ministry of Public Security on July 26th organised a trip to Russia for
children of police officers who were killed on mission during the war.
During the week-long visit, the
11-member delegation will visit the Ho Chi Minh monument and square in Moscow
and Saint Petersburg.
The activity was part of a cooperation
programme between the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Russian
Ministry of Internal Affairs during the 2019–2020 period./.
CPV/VNA