Nearly 11,000 candles light up the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery
(Baonghean.vn) - Thousands of people came to the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery (Anh Son district) to light candles and burn incense at the graves of heroes and martyrs to express their deep respect and gratitude.
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| As part of the “Drinking Water, Remembering Its Source” Festival, the Candle Lighting Ceremony and Incense Offering Ceremony took place on the evening of July 26 to express deep gratitude to the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for national liberation, building and defending the Fatherland and the noble international duty, affirming the morality of “Repaying gratitude” of the Vietnamese people. |
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| Attending the ceremony were members of the Provincial Party Committee: Kha Van Tam - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Ho Mau Thanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; Dang Thanh Tung - Secretary of Anh Son District Party Committee; leaders of Military Region 4 and provincial departments, branches, sectors and organizations; leaders of Anh Son district; martyrs' relatives, a large number of local people and tourists from all over. |
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| Youth Union members of Anh Son district prepare to light candles on the graves of heroes and martyrs. |
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| Young people took turns lighting candles for nearly 11,000 graves at the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery. |
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| Delegation of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department offered incense to the heroic martyrs. |
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| Leaders of Anh Son district offered flowers to commemorate the heroic martyrs resting at the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery. |
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| Thousands of people and tourists from all over the world came to the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery to participate in the candle lighting ceremony and offer incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs. |
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| More than 11,000 candles were lit, making the space of the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs Cemetery even more sacred. |
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| The Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery is located in Anh Son town, Anh Son district (Nghe An) with an area of over 7 hectares, where nearly 11,000 graves of Vietnamese officers, volunteer soldiers and experts who died on the battlefields of Laos are gathered. The cemetery was built in 1976. In 1982, the Party and State decided to bring all the remains of martyrs who died in Laos back to Vietnam and bury them at the Vietnam - Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery. Currently, there are about 6,900 graves with unknown names and hometowns and 570 graves with names but unknown hometowns. Photo: Google Maps |