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Lantern festival marks invalids, martyrs’ day

A lantern floating festival was held on Thach Han river in Quang Tri town of the central province of the same name on July 19 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).
Lantern festival marks invalids, martyrs’ day ảnh 1More than 15,000 lanterns were lighted up on Thach Han river in Quang Tri province (Photo: tinhuyquangtri.vn)
Quang Tri (VNA) – A lanternfloating festival was held on Thach Han river in Quang Tri town of the centralprovince of the same name on July 19 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the WarInvalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

More than 15,000 lanterns were lighted upin honour of the people who sacrificed their lives for the country’sindependence and liberation.

Local resident Nguyen Thi Thuy said sheattended lantern floating festival on Thach Han river every year to pay tributeto war martyrs.

More than 328,000 tonnes of explosives wereused in Quang Tri town in 1972 during the war against the US.

Quang Tri is home to 72 war martyrs’cemeteries, totaling nearly 70,000 graves. There are more than 10,000 graves each at the Truong Son and the Road 9National Martyrs’ Cemeteries.

A wide range of activities will be heldnationwide on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of War Invalids and MartyrsDay.

A special art programme will take place atRoad 9 National Martyrs Cemetery in the central province on July 26 night aspart of the Road 9 Singing Festival to be co-organised by the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism, the provincial People’s Committee and Thang LongService and Communication JSC.

The programme will feature performanceshonouring patriotism as well as the great sacrifices by Vietnamese people tonational liberation.

A circus programme will also be held by theVietnam Circus Federation in Hanoi from July 25-27 to mark War Invalids andMartyrs Day.-VNA
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