Grand prayer ceremony in Muong Lay town

Dien Bien TV - On the morning of April 5, in Muong Lay town, a grand ceremony was held to commemorate the people who lost their lives in two historic flash floods that occurred in 1990 and 1996.

Attending the Requiem Mass were comrades: Tran Quoc Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Pham Duc Toan, member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Giang Thi Hoa, member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Lo Thi Minh Phuong, member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; Chu Xuan Truong, member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Commission; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches and districts, towns and cities in the province.

Comrade Tran Quoc Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee attended the Grand Requiem Mass in Muong Lay town.

Two historic flash floods occurred in June 1990 and August 1996 in Muong Lay town, taking the lives of 126 people and injuring hundreds of others; many agencies, offices and houses were swept away, buried by rocks or severely damaged... Until today, that terrible devastation is still deeply engraved in the minds; at the same time, it is also the regret of many generations of people in the whole province.

During the Great Requiem Mass on April 5, Party, government, local leaders and a large number of people performed the ritual of bringing the souls of the deceased to the pagoda to pray for the early liberation of the souls of the deceased compatriots, and to bless the nation and the people. The horrifying memories of the two flash floods will forever be preserved as a historical lesson, so that today's generations can further raise awareness of preventing and combating the complex developments of natural disasters, contributing to protecting the lives and property of the people and the State.

Provincial Party Secretary Tran Quoc Cuong surveyed the proposed location for investment in the construction of the Muong Lay Town Spiritual Cultural Park project.

Immediately after the Great Requiem Mass, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Tran Quoc Cuong and other provincial leaders surveyed the proposed location for the construction of the Spiritual Cultural Park Project in Muong Lay Town. The project is expected to be built on an area of 1.5 hectares in Song Da Ward. The project's goal is to build a memorial space for the souls of compatriots and soldiers who died in the flash floods in 1990 and 1996.

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