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Jul 27, 2016 / 19:25

Leaders of the Party, State, Hanoi pay tribute to heroic martyrs

On the 69th National War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947 - 2016), Delegation of Party, State and Hanoi has wreaths and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Bac Son Street, remembering outstanding people of the nation fought and sacrificed heroically for independence and freedom of the Fatherland.

 
The delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front commemorate the heroic martyrs
The delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front commemorate the heroic martyrs

The leaders included Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, President Tran Dai Quang, former President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, former NA Chairmen Nguyen Van An and Nguyen Sinh Hung, and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan, among others. They then paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum. 
 
The delegation of the City Party Committee, People's Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi City venerate the heroic martyrs
The delegation of the City Party Committee, People's Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi City venerate the heroic martyrs
Delegations from the Central Military Commission, the Ministries of Public Security, and Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee also laid wreaths at the Heroic Martyrs’ Monument and President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum. 

Candles were lit at more than 2,000 cemeteries nationwide at the same time on the evening of July 26 in commemoration of war martyrs. A number of gifts were also presented to Heroic Mothers, invalids and families of martyrs across the country. Nearly 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers died in wars defending the country and in international missions, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
 
Hanoi delegation paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi delegation paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh

Hanoi City's delegation laid a wreath on the Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh, the beloved leader of the nation and the country. The city leaders have expressed respectfully, remembering his great contributions to the revolutionary of the Party and the nation; vowing together to build the Capital increasingly prosperous and civilized. The delegation's wreaths bear the words "Forever be grateful to Great President Ho Chi Minh."