15 women are presented or posthumously presented with the Vietnamese Heroic Mother title in Tay Ninh province on April 28 (Photo: VNA)Tay Ninh (VNA) – Fifteen women whose husbands andchildren laid down in the fight for national liberation and protection in thesouthern province of Tay Ninh were honoured with the Vietnamese Heroic Mothertitle on April 28.
The title was posthumously presented to 14women.
The presentation ceremony was held on thethreshold of the 42nd anniversary of the Liberation of the South and NationalReunification (April 30, 1975).
Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Ngoc expressed his gratitude to the VietnameseHeroic Mothers, who devoted their beloved to the struggle for nationalindependence, freedom and unification.
During wartime, many of them supportedVietnamese soldiers and kept their undauntedness despite being imprisoned ortortured by the enemies. The Vietnamese Heroic Mother title is a recognition oftheir contribution and sacrifice, he noted.
Ngoc said local authorities and people havealways done a good job of caring for policy beneficiaries and contributors tothe revolution, and seeking and repatriating martyr remains. He called on theentire society to join hands in this work.
During the wars against France and the US, theprovince had nearly 11,500 martyrs, 8,600 invalids and more than 19,500families devoting to the revolution. As many as 1,395 women have been awardedand posthumously awarded with the Vietnamese Heroic Mother title.-VNA
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