Dien Ban strives to care for gratitude

Inauguration ceremony of the investment project to upgrade and embellish Dien Ban Martyrs Cemetery on the morning of March 25. Photo: VINH LOC

The works of gratitude

On March 25, the Dien Ban Martyrs Cemetery Upgrade and Repair Project was completed after nearly 2 years of construction. Mr. Nguyen Huu Hung (a resident of Thanh Quyt 5 block, Dien Thang Trung ward) could not hide his emotions when he came to pay his respects to his father who is resting at Dien Ban Martyrs Cemetery.

“Each grave here is a symbol of immortality, reminding us of the price of freedom and the responsibility of the living,” Mr. Hung confided.

Dien Ban Martyrs' Cemetery currently has 5,120 martyrs' graves, including 1,695 graves of unidentified martyrs, 124 graves of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and 39 graves of revolutionary veterans.

Mr. Hung acknowledged that the completion of the project upgrade on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the homeland demonstrated the deep gratitude of the Party, State, local government and people for the heroic martyrs who sacrificed for national independence.

Dien Ban Town currently has 9 martyrs' cemeteries, most of which have been invested in and maintained to be spacious and clean. Towards the 50th anniversary of the liberation, since the end of 2024, the locality has allocated resources to renovate and upgrade many items of graves, monuments, ceremony grounds, fences, etc. at martyrs' cemeteries and memorial houses.

By the end of March 2025, 10 memorial projects had been upgraded and completed with a total cost of about 45 billion VND. These include the cemeteries of Dien Quang, Dien Trung, Dien Phong, Dien Tho communes; cemeteries of Dien Duong and Dien Nam Trung wards and monuments to heroic martyrs in Dien Tien commune, Dien Thang Trung ward, Dien Phuoc commune, and Dien Hoa commune.

Thereby demonstrating the morality of drinking water and remembering its source of today's generation towards the great sacrifices of heroic martyrs and heroic Vietnamese mothers.

Caring for policy families

During the two resistance wars against France and the US, Dien Ban was a locality that suffered much pain and loss with more than 35,000 people killed, 17,000 injured; 3,140 heroic Vietnamese mothers; 18,920 martyrs and thousands of wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, and families with revolutionary contributions. Therefore, the work of gratitude has always been of interest to the town's departments and branches.

Leaders of Dien Ban town visited Vietnamese Heroic Mother Dinh Thi Tan (Dien Duong ward) in March 2025. Photo: VINH LOC

Mr. Tran Ngoc Hung - Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Dien Ban town said that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the homeland, the town has paid more attention to the work of gratitude, from visiting families with meritorious services, giving gifts to visiting incense and lighting candles to pay tribute to heroic martyrs...

“This year, Dien Ban has given 600 gifts to families of martyrs, wounded soldiers, and people with revolutionary contributions... worth 300 million VND. In addition, the unit also transferred 10,589 gifts from the Provincial People's Committee to policy households, each worth 1 million VND,” said Mr. Hung.

In particular, Dien Ban continues to carry out the work of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses according to Resolution 13 of the Provincial People's Council. Through review, there are currently 9 cases in the town of households with revolutionary contributions, wounded soldiers, and children of martyrs that need to be rebuilt or repaired.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the town has urged localities to actively mobilize and support households to implement. Up to now, construction of 2 new houses has started, 1 house has been repaired, the rest will continue to start and complete in June 2025.

Mr. Nguyen Minh Hieu - Chairman of Dien Ban Town People's Committee affirmed that showing gratitude to people with revolutionary contributions and heroic martyrs is always a good morality of the nation.

In Dien Ban town, in recent years, the work of gratitude has become a regular meaningful activity that has received special attention from agencies, units and localities. In addition to investing in and upgrading martyr cemeteries, memorial houses, and registers, the locality has also implemented many meaningful activities, taking care of families with preferential policies, contributing to alleviating the pain of war.

It is also a way to express gratitude for the immense sacrifices and contributions of Vietnamese heroic mothers, revolutionary elders, and heroic martyrs for the independence and freedom of the nation.

“Respectfully and proudly of the patriotic and revolutionary tradition of the land and people of Dien Ban, we will try even harder to share with the families of martyrs, people with revolutionary contributions, those who have spared no effort to sacrifice their blood and bones, and contribute their strength to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland to make our homeland as rich and beautiful as it is today,” said Mr. Hieu.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/dien-ban-no-luc-cham-lo-den-on-dap-nghia-3152075.html