Tay Ninh (VNA) – A ceremony was held in thesouthern province of Tay Ninh on July 23 to pay tribute to heroic martyrs and re-buryremains of fallen soldiers found in the province and repatriated from Cambodia.
The event, part of activities to mark the 72nd Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27), drew the participation of NationalAssembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a number of NA officials, amongothers.
Participants offered flowers and incenses to the martyrs wholaid down their life for the national liberation and international missions.
At the ceremony, 245 sets of remains, including six gatheredin Tay Ninh and 239 repatriated from Cambodia during the 2018-2019 dry season,were laid to rest in the National Martyrs’ Cemetery Hill 82.
Speaking at the event, Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Vice Chairman ofthe People’s Committee of Tay Ninh noted that millions of soldiers sacrificedtheir lives to safeguard the national border and accomplish international missions.
Their sacrifice will be forever remembered, he said,expressing his great gratitude to families of the martyrs.
Earlier the same day, NA Chairwoman Ngan and the NAdelegation visited the special national historical-cultural relic site of Central Office for South Vietnam in TanLap commune, Tan Bien district.
The NA leaderalso visited Vietnamese Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Thua in Tan Bien town and Heroof the people’s armed forces Phan Van Dien in Tay Ninh city.-VNA