On behalf of the Party and State leaders,President Phuc and representatives of the over 5 million Vietnamese living inforeign countries and territories offered incense in memory of those who builtand defended the country over the past millennia, and prayed for furtherdevelopment and prosperity for Vietnam.
In the morning the same day, they performedthe traditional practice of releasing carps at the Citadel. The representativesalso visited Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and laid wreaths the monument to martyrs,both in the centre of Hanoi./.