Minister of Defense Phan Van Giang pays tribute to heroic martyrs in Hanoi

(Dan Tri) - On the evening of July 26, a candle lighting ceremony to pay tribute to the Central-level heroic martyrs was held at the Hanoi Martyrs Cemetery. The ceremony was attended by Minister of National Defense, General Phan Van Giang.

On the evening of July 26, at the Hanoi Martyrs' Cemetery, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union coordinated with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Training, and Hanoi to organize a "Central-level candle lighting ceremony to pay tribute to heroic martyrs".

The ceremony was attended by General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense. The event was attended by members of the Party Central Committee; leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, and organizations; the Central Youth Union Secretariat, leaders of departments and units of the Central Youth Union; leaders of the City Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi; departments, branches, and political and social organizations; districts, towns, and Hanoi City. Especially, there were the presence of revolutionary veterans, war invalids, sick soldiers, former youth volunteers; people with meritorious services to the revolution; a large number of people from all walks of life and young people of Hanoi City.

General Phan Van Giang led the delegation to offer incense at the National Monument to pay tribute to the Hanoi Martyrs' Cemetery, then presented gifts to the wounded and sick soldiers and families with meritorious services. Speaking at the ceremony, General Phan Van Giang emphasized that the Party, State and people will forever remember and be eternally grateful for that great sacrifice and contribution. Generations of Vietnamese people are always proud and vow to live up to the noble sacrifice of previous generations.

General Phan Van Giang lit incense sticks and placed chrysanthemums on the graves of martyrs.

The candle lighting ceremony to pay tribute to the Central-level "Heroic Martyrs" was held at the Hanoi Martyrs Cemetery, the resting place of 2,188 outstanding sons of the capital and the nation who heroically sacrificed their lives in the country's resistance wars and in peacetime.

A memorial incense stick of comradeship was lit for the fallen soldiers.

The memorial service is an opportunity for those who remain, especially the younger generation, to pay tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the cause of protecting the Fatherland.

Ha Truong Ngoc Linh, a final year student at the People's Police Academy, said she felt honored and proud to be one of the few representatives of the capital's youth present at the ceremony to honor heroes and martyrs.

Tears fell on the faces of the martyrs' relatives who came to offer incense in memory.

Relatives of the martyrs are proud because their sacrifices brought peace and stability to the nation.

The father of martyr Do Duc Viet stood silently next to his son's grave. Viet was one of three soldiers who died in the fire that occurred in Quan Hoa (Cau Giay) in August 2022.

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