VOV.VN - As Vietnam prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2025), National Geographic, one of the world’s premier travel publications, has spotlighted eight war memorial sites in Vietnam that offer visitors powerful and educational experiences.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Khon Kaen and the Vietnamese community there held an incense offering ceremony at the Overseas Vietnamese Martyrs’ Memorial in Udon Thani, Thailand, on the occasion of 78th War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947 – 2025).

The Vietnamese Veterans’ Association in Germany held a tribute ceremony in Berlin on July 27 to honour Vietnamese war heroes and invalids, marking the 78th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United States are continuing their daily efforts to recover the remains of American soldiers listed as Missing in Action (MIA) during the Vietnam War and bring them home.

VOV.VN - Thousands of Vietnamese youth across the country are to hold candle-lighting ceremonies on the evening of July 26 to pay tribute to fallen heroes, marking the 78th War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

VOV.VN - Marking the 78th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 – 2025), many Vietnamese leaders on July 25 visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiary families and those who rendered great services to the revolution.

Nearly 42,000 revolution contributors across Vietnam have received new or renovated homes in the lead-up to War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27), as part of a nationwide campaign to eliminate substandard housing and honor those who sacrificed for the nation.

State President Luong Cuong has affirmed that implementing policies for those with merit to the nation are a long-term, regular task of the entire political system and the whole society, and that these policies will continue to be improved with the mobilisation of all social resources to ensure better implementation.

A memorial ceremony to honour martyrs who heroically sacrificed their lives for independence and freedom of the nation and noble international duties took place at the Duc Co Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of Gia Lai on July 22.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C. has held a ceremony to receive wartime memorabilia from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the US.