Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc commemorates President Ho Chi Minh and Truong Bon heroic martyrs

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his delegation offered flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site, Nam Dan. Photo: Thanh Duy

Accompanying him were comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's Internal Affairs Commission; comrades of the Party Central Committee: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education; Pham Thi Thanh Tra - Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee, Minister of Home Affairs; Le Khanh Hai - Head of the Office of the President; Nguyen Manh Cuong - Secretary of the Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee and comrade Nguyen The Ky - former member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and leaders of a number of departments, branches and Nam Dan district.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In a sacred and respectful atmosphere, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, leaders of the Party, State, Nghe An province and delegates respectfully offered flowers, incense, and observed a moment of silence to commemorate and express their infinite gratitude and deep respect for President Ho Chi Minh - the great leader of our Party and People, national liberation hero, and outstanding cultural figure.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, President of the State offers incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

President Ho Chi Minh has passed away, but his great career and noble example will live forever with the country of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style will always be the ideological foundation and compass for all actions, guiding the Vietnamese revolution from one victory to another.

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission offered incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Implementing His sacred testament, over the past year, although the world and domestic context and situation had new, rapid and complicated developments, causing many difficulties and challenges greater than forecast, thanks to the wise, close and timely leadership of the Party leaders; the effective accompaniment and supervision of the National Assembly; the drastic direction and administration of the Government; the solidarity and close coordination of all levels and sectors; the drastic participation of the entire political system and the efforts of the entire Party, people and army, our country has successfully and quite comprehensively achieved its goals and tasks: focusing on both preventing and controlling the epidemic and promoting socio-economic recovery and development, building an independent and self-reliant economy associated with proactive, active and deep international integration.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee offered incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

From there, create new momentum and new motivation for the cause of innovation, building a Vietnam with rich people, strong country, democracy, fairness, civilization and firmly protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

In the sacred moment, respectfully before the spirit of President Ho Chi Minh, comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other leaders of the Party, State, Nghe An province and delegates vowed to forever study and follow his noble ideology, morality and style.

Earlier, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other leaders of the Party, State and Nghe An province visited Chung Son Temple - the ancestral temple of President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation respectfully commemorated the ancestors of President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Duy

On the same afternoon, comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, President visited Truong Bon National Historical Relic Site to offer flowers and incense to express his respect, admiration and deep gratitude to the outstanding children who sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and leaders of the Party, State and provinces of Nghe An and Binh Phuoc offered incense to commemorate heroes and martyrs at Truong Bon. Photo: Thanh Duy

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers flowers at the graves of 13 Youth Volunteers who died in Truong Bon on October 31, 1968. Photo: Thanh Duy

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense to commemorate 13 Youth Volunteers who died at Truong Bon on October 31, 1968. Photo: Thanh Duy

Truong Bon, in My Son commune, Do Luong district (Nghe An) is a sacred land, a shining symbol of revolutionary heroism, where the blood of comrades and compatriots was shed in the long march to liberate the nation.

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission offered incense to commemorate 13 Youth Volunteer Soldiers who sacrificed their lives at Truong Bon on October 31, 1968. Photo: Thanh Duy

Central and Nghe An provincial leaders offer incense to commemorate the graves of 13 Youth Volunteers who died at Truong Bon on October 31, 1968. Photo: Thanh Duy

Truong Bon is the place where hundreds of thousands of young men who fought passionately in their youth crossed Truong Son to save the country; young men and women who brought their eighteen and twenty years of age into the war, they entered danger with all their optimism, desire to live and responsibility for the country.

1,240 outstanding sons fell on the legendary road, typically the heroic sacrifice of 13 youth volunteers of Company 317 on October 31, 1968.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation paid tribute to 1,240 heroes and martyrs at the Memorial House, Truong Bon National Historical Relic Site. Photo: Thanh Duy

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense to commemorate 1,240 heroes and martyrs who fell on the legendary Truong Bon road. Photo: Thanh Duy

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc burns incense before the statue of 13 Youth Volunteers who died on October 31, 1968. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac burns incense before the statue of 13 Youth Volunteers who died on October 31, 1968. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the sacred Truong Bon, comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation respectfully bowed and lit incense to express their respect and infinite gratitude to the heroes and martyrs.