Incense offering commemorates heroic martyrs in Dien Bien province

On the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Vietnam War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27), a delegation from Son La province led by Trang Thi Xuan, member of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee and Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People's Committee on July 13 offered incense to pay respects to heroic martyrs at martyrs' cemeteries in neighouring Dien Bien province.

The Son La delegation offers incense at the Martyrs' Temple in the Dien Bien Phu battlefield.

The delegation included Hoang Thi Doi, deputy head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies, and leaders of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and a number of Son La’s departments and agencies.

The Son La delegation offers incense at the Martyrs' Temple in the Dien Bien Phu battlefield.

The delegation of Son La province offered incense to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs at the Martyrs’ Temple in the Dien Bien Phu battlefield, the A1 Martyrs’ Cemetery, and the Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery. The delegation expressed deep gratitude to the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause of national liberation, national unification, and nation building and safeguarding.

The Son La delegation offers a wreath to heroic martyrs at the A1 Martyrs’ Cemetery.
The Son La delegation pays tribute to heroic martyrs at the A1 Martyrs’ Cemetery.
Leaders of Son La province burn incense at the graves of heroic martyrs at the A1 Martyrs’ Cemetery.
A war veteran and a youth union member from Son La province take care of martyrs' graves at the A1 Martyrs' Cemetery.

Before the souls of heroic martyrs, the delegation vowed to join efforts to unanimously overcome difficulties, and continue to promote the glorious traditions of the nation. They are determined to develop Son La province in a green, rapid and sustainable manner, deserving the great sacrifices of previous generations for the revolutionary cause of the Vietnamese Party and people. The Party Organisation, administration and people of all ethnic groups in Son La province will forever remember the heroic martyrs.

 Son La province’s leaders offer incense to martyrs at the Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery.A representative of the Liaison Committee for former Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers and Military Experts in Laos offers incense to martyrs at the Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery.

Dien Bien province has eight martyrs' cemeteries which are the resting places of 6,673 martyrs. The A1 Martyrs’ Cemetery A1 houses 645 martyrs (53 with partial identification and 592 anonymous martyrs). At the Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery, there are 2,475 martyrs, of them 685 with full identification, 275 with partial identification, and 1,515 anonymous. Son La province has 92 martyrs resting at the Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery.

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