Ceremony to hand over and move the remains of heroic martyrs who died in Laos to their motherland Vietnam
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of May 21, in Xieng Khouang province, a special working delegation from the four provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, Xay Som Bun (Laos) and Nghe An province solemnly held a memorial service and handed over and moved the remains of Vietnamese heroic martyrs who died in Laos back to their homeland.
Attending the ceremony were comrades: Major General Van La Vong Nan Tha Vong - Director of the Policy Department, General Department of Politics, Deputy of the Lao Government's Special Steering Committee and other members of the delegation.
On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Special Steering Committee; Colonel Nguyen Ky Hong - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, and other members of the delegation.
Also attending were comrades in the Party Committee, Commanders of the armed forces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, Xay Som Bun, Nghe An provinces; agencies, organizations, the Vietnamese community in Xieng Khouang province, cadres, staff of the gathering team and students.
With a sense of responsibility and sacred affection for the heroic martyrs who heroically sacrificed for the noble international duty; with the effective, righteous and wholehearted help of the Party committees, authorities, armed forces and people of the three provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane and Xay Som Bun, in the dry season of 2023-2024, officers and soldiers of the Collection Team, Nghe An Provincial Military Command overcame many difficulties and hardships to search for and exhume the remains of 87 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in the three provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane and Xay Som Bun, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
At Phon Xa Van commune, Xieng Khouang province, Lao People's Democratic Republic; Provincial Party Committee, Government Committee, departments, branches, organizations; armed forces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, Xay Som Bun, Nghe An provinces; monks, nuns, Buddhists, people of Lao ethnic groups and a large number of overseas Vietnamese living in Xieng Khouang province solemnly held a requiem ceremony to send the remains of martyrs of volunteer soldiers and Vietnamese experts back to the motherland.
The Party, State, People and Army of Vietnam and Laos will forever remember the martyrs who devoted their whole lives to the revolutionary cause of the two nations, for the peace and happiness of the people. The heroic sacrifices of comrades will always live with the country and will forever be a shining example for future generations to learn and follow./.