Prime Minister commemorates late President, martyrs in Nghe An
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Party and Government officials on July 23 paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs in the central province of Nghe An, as Vietnam’s War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27) approaches.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (3rd from left) and Party and Government officials pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at the Chung Son pagoda (Photo: VNA)
Nghe An (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Party and Government officials on July 23 paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs in the central province of Nghe An, asVietnam’s War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27) approaches.
Offering incense and wreaths at the Chung Son pagoda and theKim Lien special national heritage site, participating officials expressedtheir deep gratitude for the late President’s significant contribution to thenational revolutionary cause for independence, peace and happiness.
They vowed to follow Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality andlifestyle and join a concerted effort for successfully implementing the 13th National Party Congress’s resolution and building a strong and prosperouscountry.
At the Truong Bon historical site in Do Luong district’s MySon commune, they paid respect to the 1,240 martyrs, who died on the legendaryTruong Bon road to protect the route.
From 1964 to 1968, the US dropped 18,936 bombs and tens ofthousands of rockets onto Do Luong district, including Truong Bon area.However, tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers, youth volunteers and localspersisted in fighting the enemy and securing the route for trucks carryingsupport to the southern battlefield.
On October 31, 1968, 13 of the 14 youth volunteers ofCompany 317 were killed by US bombing in this area, a few hours before the USdeclared a halt to the bombing of the north of Vietnam. Since then, Truong Bonhas been a symbol of the bravery of Vietnamese youth volunteers./.
General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defence Minister, led a delegation to offer incense at the 27/7 National Historical Relic Site in Hung Son commune, Dai Tu district, the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 14 ahead of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue offered incense and flowers in commemoration of martyrs at the Dong Loc Cross-road historic site in Can Loc district, the central province of Ha Tinh, and Truong Bon historical site in central Nghe An province on July 16, on the occasion of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (3rd from left) and Party and Government officials pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at the Chung Son pagoda (Photo: VNA) 
