Celebrating 10 years of establishment of the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An Province

On the morning of June 18, in Vinh city, the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An province held a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of the province (2014 - 2024). Attending the ceremony were comrades: Lieutenant General Hoang Khanh Hung - Chairman of the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Vietnam; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, representatives of a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors, and sponsors from Dong Thap, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City...

The war has long since ended, but the consequences for the families of martyrs in Nghe An province are still lingering and severe. Of the 45,000 martyrs, there are still nearly 23,370 (10% of the country) martyrs whose identities have not been determined or who do not have enough information. There are 24,000 graves, of which 9,000 have no names...

On April 15, 2014, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 1514/QD-UBND allowing the establishment of the Provincial Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs, contributing to the efforts of all levels, sectors and State agencies to better implement the morality of "When drinking water, remember its source, forever be grateful to the heroic martyrs".

Overcoming difficulties and challenges, with affection and responsibility towards martyrs and their families, in 10 years of operation, the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An province has gradually grown and operated effectively, especially in the work of mobilizing and developing members and organizing the association. From a few dozen members at the time of its establishment, the Association now has 415 members, many of whom are children of martyrs and relatives of martyrs' families.

Determining the principles and purposes, right from the beginning of its establishment, to collect information and accurately search for martyrs' remains, the Provincial Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs has regularly connected with a number of units, localities and Associations for Supporting Families of Martyrs of some provinces. As a result, in the past 10 years, the association has collected nearly 12,000 pieces of information and addresses of martyrs from Nghe An who died on the battlefields.

In addition, the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs in Nghe An province has mobilized 48.6 billion VND, from which the mobilized funds have supported the construction of 546 new houses (each house costs 50 - 80 million VND) with a budget of 30 billion VND; donated 457 savings books worth 3.8 billion VND; donated 14,800 gifts worth 8.5 billion VND; donated 90 wheelchairs, 165 bicycles with a budget of 300 million VND; supported the construction and upgrading of 6 cemeteries with a total budget of 2.5 billion VND...

With the efforts and achievements over the past 10 years, the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An province has been awarded 156 Certificates of Merit by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Vietnam Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, including 64 Certificates of Merit for collectives and 92 Certificates of Merit for individuals...

Speaking at the ceremony, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nam Dinh acknowledged and commended the results of the Association's activities over the past 10 years; at the same time, he emphasized that in the coming time, the Association needs to actively coordinate with relevant agencies to widely propagate to all classes of people, raise awareness of gratitude to martyrs and the nation's morality of remembering the source of water when drinking water; collect, process and provide information on searching for martyrs' remains through organizations, individuals, and on mass media; provide advice on identifying the remains of martyrs with missing information by DNA testing...

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nam Dinh presented the Flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An province for excellently completing its tasks, leading the patriotic emulation movement in 2023; presented the Certificate of Merit and the Gold Plaque of Honor of the Vietnam Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs to the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of the province.

On this occasion, the provincial leaders also presented 6 gifts to 2 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and 4 martyrs' relatives; Emulation Flag to the Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs of Nghe An province for excellently completing the task of leading the patriotic emulation movement in 2023... At the ceremony, Giang Son Construction Joint Stock Company presented 370 million VND; Dong Thap Lottery Company presented 50 million VND to build gratitude houses for families of martyrs' relatives.