Celebrating 40 years of liberation of Quang Tri province

General Vo Nguyen Giap sent a congratulatory flower basket.

On the morning of April 15, in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri province, an exchange took place to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tri - Thien campaign, liberating Quang Tri (May 1, 1972 - May 1, 2012) co-organized by the Veterans Liaison Committee of Tri - Thien B4 - B5 Military Regions. Comrade Le Kha Phieu, former General Secretary of the Party Central Committee; nearly 40 generals who led and commanded the battle on the Tri Thien - Hue battlefield; 600 veterans and representatives of relatives of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, relatives of martyrs and heroes of the People's Armed Forces who participated in the Tri - Thien campaign in 1972 attended the exchange.

Liberation Army fighting to protect Quang Tri Citadel in 1972. Photo archive.

General Vo Nguyen Giap, former member of the Politburo, former Secretary of the Central Military Commission, former Minister of National Defense, former Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People's Army sent a congratulatory flower basket.

The exchange was part of the march to the old battlefield with the theme "Remembering the old battlefield and comrades". This is the largest march ever organized by the Veterans Liaison Committee of Tri Thien Military Region on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Quang Tri province to honor the heroic fighting tradition, express gratitude to comrades and compatriots who heroically sacrificed in the great resistance war against the US to save the country and witness the changes and achievements in the current renovation of Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue./.

According to VOV