National Steering Committee 515 inspects the search and collection of martyrs' remains in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of August 29, the working delegation of the National Steering Committee 515 led by Colonel Ngo Quang Phuc - Deputy Director of the Policy Department of the Ministry of National Defense inspected the implementation results of Project 1237 on the search and collection of martyrs' remains (now the Steering Committee 515) for the period 2016-2018 in Nghe An province.
Receiving and working with the delegation were Colonel Phan Van Sy - Deputy Chief of Politics, member of Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4; Lieutenant Colonel Thai Duc Hanh - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, Deputy Standing Committee of Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors.
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| Lieutenant Colonel Thai Duc Hanh - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, Deputy Standing Committee of Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province reported on the results of the search and collection of martyrs' remains. Photo: Trong Kien |
At the working session, Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province reported to the working delegation the results of implementing Project 1237 on searching and collecting martyrs' remains in the period of 2016 - 2018. According to statistics, Nghe An province currently has 45,031 martyrs (specifically, during the anti-French period, there were 7,558 martyrs; during the anti-American period, there were 29,285 martyrs; during the war to protect the Fatherland and perform international duties, there were 8,188 martyrs).
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| The Nghe An Provincial Military Command's collection team collects martyrs' remains at Xam village, Muong Kham district, Xieng Khouang province. Photo: Phong Quang |
From 2016 to 2018, the Military Command's Collection Team closely coordinated with Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, and Xay Xom Bun provinces of Lao PDR to search for and exhume the remains of 202 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos, brought them back to the country, and held a solemn and dignified burial ceremony at Nghi Loc District Martyrs' Cemetery.
Of these, 5 martyrs' remains whose names and hometowns are known have been handed over to their localities and relatives, while 10 martyrs' remains have names but whose hometowns and units are unknown. In the province, searches have been conducted and 5 martyrs' remains have been collected in the districts of Ky Son and Nghi Loc...
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| Colonel Ngo Quang Phuc - Deputy Director of the Policy Department, Deputy Chief of Office of the National Steering Committee 515 spoke at the inspection session. Photo: Phong Quang |
At the inspection session, the working delegation of the National Steering Committee 515 commended the achievements of Nghe An province in implementing Project 1237 in the 2016-2018 period; at the same time, emphasized the main goals, tasks and solutions that Nghe An province needs to focus on implementing in the coming time.
In particular, it is necessary to do a good job of reviewing and grasping information about martyrs in the province; to do a good job of propagating and mobilizing people, especially generations of veterans, to provide information about martyrs and martyrs' remains in the province, the whole country and other countries. In 2018, strive to create maps to search, collect and conclude the area to reach over 50% of communes, wards and towns according to the plan of the Steering Committee 515 at all levels..../.
