Head of the Central Organizing Committee Le Minh Hung offered incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs.
On the morning of November 16th, during his working visit to Nghe An province, Comrade Le Minh Hung - Member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, and Head of the Central Organization Department - laid flowers and offered incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs at the Vietnam-Laos International Martyrs Cemetery (Anh Son district).
Joining the delegation were members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam: Nguyen Thi Thu Ha - Vice President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; and Thai Thanh Quy - Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Economic Committee.g,Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Nghe An Provincial Delegation to the 15th National Assembly; Do Trong Hung - Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee.
Representing Nghe An province were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; along with other members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; and the Chief of the Provincial Party Office.
At the Vietnam-Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery, in a solemn atmosphere, upholding the principle of "drinking water, remembering the source," the Head of the Central Organizing Committee, Le Minh Hung, and the delegation laid flowers and offered incense at the Memorial House of President Ho Chi Minh and the heroic martyrs, and the Monument to the heroic martyrs.
Head of the Central Organizing Committee Le Minh Hung and the delegation respectfully bowed their heads to express their profound respect and boundless gratitude for the immense contributions of President Ho Chi Minh and the noble sacrifices of the heroic martyrs who bravely fought and died for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, and for the noble cause of the international revolution.
The Vietnam-Laos International Martyrs' Cemetery was established in 1976 with an area of 6.8 hectares. It is the largest cemetery containing the remains of martyrs, including Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who fought and died in Laos.
The cemetery is currently the resting place of 10,825 martyrs from 47 provinces and cities across the country who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield in Laos.
Since its construction, the cemetery has received and cared for nearly 11,000 remains of martyrs who died on the battlefield in Laos, including nearly 7,000 graves whose names and hometowns are unknown.
This is also the only cemetery in Vietnam named after two countries and two peoples, Vietnam and Laos, and is a symbolic work representing the unwavering solidarity and loyalty of the two brotherly nations.