The Prime Minister attended the ceremony to pay tribute to the heroes and martyrs of Dong Loc Crossroads.

On the evening of July 23rd, at the Dong Loc Crossroads historical site in Ha Tinh province, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the art program "Sacred Land of Dong Loc" to commemorate and pay tribute to the sacrifices of the heroic martyrs, including 10 female youth volunteer martyrs.

The program was organized by Ha Tinh province in coordination with Nhan Dan Newspaper to commemorate the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day and the 49th anniversary of the historic victory at Dong Loc Crossroads.

The Prime Minister offered incense at the graves of the 10 young women who sacrificed their lives at Dong Loc Crossroads.

Forty-nine years ago, during the fierce resistance war against the US, the Đồng Lộc Crossroads became an immortal landmark in history. Because of its strategic importance as a vital crossroads on the route for transporting food, ammunition, and weapons from the North to the South, Đồng Lộc became a key target of intense bombing, where the US imperialists continuously dropped bombs in an attempt to cut off this vital transportation artery. According to statistics, each square meter of land there bore the impact of three bombs.

In just 240 days and nights from March to October 1968, the enemy air force dropped 48,600 bombs of various types on this area. Despite this, tens of thousands of soldiers, troops, transport workers, youth volunteers, and civilians tenaciously held their ground, enduring the bombing raids to fight the enemy, repair roads, and ensure the smooth flow of supplies to the front lines. Hundreds of outstanding sons and daughters of the nation fell, forever resting on this sacred land along the legendary Highway 15A, dedicating their youth to the happiness of the nation and the future of the country. Among them were 10 young women from the Youth Volunteer Team 4 of Company 552, 55th Youth Volunteer Brigade of Ha Tinh province.

They passed away at a very young age, none of them married. Their heroic sacrifice contributed to the shining example of revolutionary heroism, becoming a symbol of the immense dedication of millions of young people who selflessly sacrificed their youth for the cause of national liberation and reunification.

The art program "Sacred Land of Dong Loc".

“We must never forget that every inch of our land is stained with the blood and sacrifices of countless people and mountains that built our nation. The names of people, mountains, and rivers have become sacred and noble. Lam Ha, Truong Bon, Dong Loc Crossroads, the Eight Girls' Cave, Quang Tri Ancient Citadel… and thousands of other places always remind us of a time of war, of a time when our country faced hardship but never bowed down in surrender,” said journalist Thuan Huu, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association and Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, in his opening remarks at the program.

The "Sacred Land of Dong Loc" program includes activities such as giving gifts to beneficiaries of social policies, awarding scholarships to poor but academically优秀 children; screening historical documentaries about Dong Loc Crossroads, about Ha Tinh province during the war, and about the 10 heroic female martyrs of the Dong Loc Crossroads Youth Volunteer Force; performing songs about the revolution, about President Ho Chi Minh, about Ha Tinh province, and about the 10 heroic female martyrs of the Dong Loc Crossroads Youth Volunteer Force…

As part of the program, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented savings passbooks to representatives of the families of the 10 female martyrs of Dong Loc Crossroads.

The Prime Minister presented savings passbooks to the relatives of 10 female martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Dong Loc Crossroads.

Also at the Dong Loc Crossroads historical site, the Prime Minister offered incense at the memorial monument for national youth volunteer martyrs; and offered incense at the graves of the 10 female youth volunteer martyrs.

On this occasion, thousands of people from all over the country came to Dong Loc Crossroads, Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs.

According to the Management Board of the Dong Loc Crossroads National Historical Site, in the first six months of 2017, nearly 150,000 visitors from all over the country and international tourists came to the site to respectfully offer incense. In particular, July was the peak month with a sharp increase in visitors to Dong Loc Crossroads, averaging over 1,000 visitors per day.

According to VOV