July gratitude at Do Luong International Martyrs Cemetery

Do Luong International Martyrs Cemetery (Da Son Commune, Do Luong District) has been upgraded and renovated many times and is now spacious. This is the resting place of 2,241 martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause of national liberation, protecting the Fatherland and carrying out noble international duties. Photo: Huy Thu

Visiting Do Luong International Martyrs Cemetery, everyone respectfully offered incense to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs who died for their homeland and country. Photo: Huy Thu

According to the cemetery management board, Do Luong International Martyrs Cemetery currently has 2,241 martyrs' graves, of which nearly 1,500 are of martyrs who died in Laos. About one-third of the total number of martyrs' graves have not been identified. Photo: Huy Thu

Among the people visiting the Do Luong International Martyrs Cemetery today, there are wives visiting their husbands, children visiting their fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, relatives, war veterans, and young volunteers with gray hair who traveled a long way to visit their comrades... Photo: Huy Thu

They came to the cemetery, in front of the martyrs' graves, together they placed fresh flowers, personally lit incense sticks to offer to the martyrs' souls with many emotions and choking emotions, Photo: Huy Thu

This year, Ms. Vo Thi Ha (71 years old) - a former Youth Volunteer residing in Xuan Son Commune, Do Luong District, and her teammates in the province gathered at the Do Luong International Martyrs' Cemetery to visit the grave of martyr Nguyen Thi Hai, who died in 1972. They offered incense, expressed their gratitude, and remembered their comrade, a close friend who died when she was just 20 years old, reminisced about the "unforgettable" days of their youth, visited, talked, and told each other stories of the past with tears in their eyes. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Pham Dinh Bon (72 years old), the manager of the Do Luong International Martyrs' Cemetery, shared: After 22 years of working in the cemetery's care and maintenance, I feel truly warmed when the Do Luong International Martyrs' Cemetery has been built more spacious, more beautiful and increasingly welcomes more martyrs' relatives and people to visit the graves of heroic martyrs. Photo: Huy Thu

Being present at the Do Luong International Martyrs Cemetery in the middle of July, standing in front of 2,241 martyrs' graves, everyone felt more clearly the great sacrifices of generations of fathers and brothers who fell for the cause of national liberation, protecting the Fatherland and the noble international mission. Photo: Huy Thu

Do Luong International Martyrs' Cemetery is one of two international martyrs' cemeteries in Nghe An. This place is a symbol of the brave fighting spirit, especially the loyal love of the two peoples of Vietnam and Laos. Pilgrimage to Do Luong International Martyrs' Cemetery, in the spreading incense smoke and solemn music, it seems that everyone calms their hearts with many emotions of gratitude to the generations of fathers and brothers who sacrificed for the Fatherland. Photo: Huy Thu