Vietnamese Embassy commemorates Algerian journalists dying in accident in S-shaped country
Friday, 08/03/2024 16:15 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Tran Quoc Khanh laid a wreath at the memorial plaque located on the Journalistes Viet Nam 8/3/1974 street, Bir Mourad Raïs district, Algiers on March 7, to commemorate the Algerian journalists who died in an accident in Vietnam in 1974, according to the Vietnam News Agency.
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Delegates at the memorial plaque in Algiers (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
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Fifteen journalists and technicians from Algeria, along with 9 Vietnamese journalists and 3 flight crew members, lost their lives in a plane crash on March 8, 1974 while accompanying then President of Algeria Houari Boumediene on his official visit to Vietnam.
Both Vietnam and Algeria erected memorial plaques in each country to remember the accident. In Vietnam, a memorial site was built at the location of the accident - in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son, during the official visit to Vietnam by President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika in October 2000. The site has been upgraded by the municipal People's Committee and will be reopened on the 50th year since the accident.
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| Ambassador Tran Quoc Khanh at forum held by Algeria's national newspaper El Moudjahid (Photo: baoquocte.vn) |
In 2013, the Algerian Government also erected a memorial plaque for the 15 journalists and named a street "Journalistes Viet Nam" in the capital city.
On March 6, Ambassador Khanh attended a forum held by Algeria's national newspaper El Moudjahid and dedicated to commemorating the journalists./.
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