Embassy commemorates Algerian journalists dying in 1974 Hanoi plane crash
A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria visited the memorial on the street named Journalistes du Vietnam 8/3/1974 in Algiers capital city on March 8 to commemorate the Algerian journalists who died in a plane crash on the outskirts of Hanoi in 1974.
Members of the Vietnamese Embassy stand in front of the memorial on March 8 to pay tribute to the Algerian journalists dying in 1974 Hanoi plane crash. (Photo: VNA)
Algiers (VNA) – A delegation of the VietnameseEmbassy in Algeria visited the memorial on the street named Journalistes duVietnam 8/3/1974 in Algiers capital city on March 8 to commemorate the Algerianjournalists who died in a plane crash on the outskirts of Hanoi in 1974.
The commemoration was attended by representatives of thelocal administration, the Algeria - Vietnam Friendship Association, and the provisionalliaison board of the Vietnamese People Association in the North Africancountry.
On March 8, 1974, 15 Algerian journalists and techniciansof Algeria’s press agencies, nine Vietnamese journalists, and three crewmembersdied in a plane crash in Hanoi’s Soc Son district while accompanying thenAlgerian President Houari Boumediene on an official visit to Vietnam
Both Vietnam and Algeria built monuments in eachcountry to commemorate the accident. In Vietnam, a monument was inaugurated at thescene of the accident in Soc Son during then Algerian President AbdelazizBouteflika’s State visit in October 2000. In Algeria, the memorial was placed on the Journalistes du Vietnam8/3/1974 street in Algiers in 2013.
The annual commemoration reflects Vietnamesepeople’s tradition of expressing gratitude to those who contributed to thedevelopment of the two countries’ long-standing friendship.
On March 7, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh attendeda forum held by Algeria’s national daily El Moudjahid to pay tribute tothe journalists who died in the 1974 accident. The event also saw the presenceof former Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Cherif Chikhi, colleagues of thevictims, war veterans, and representatives of local media agencies./.
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Members of the Vietnamese Embassy stand in front of the memorial on March 8 to pay tribute to the Algerian journalists dying in 1974 Hanoi plane crash. (Photo: VNA) 
