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).

Collecting DNA samples of unidentified martyrs’ relatives is a highly humanistic programme that is “an order from the heart” and reflects the sense of responsibility towards the persons laying down their lives for the Fatherland’s independence and freedom, as well as the people’s happiness, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.

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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Film Institute is holding a series of Vietnamese film screenings from July 21 to 23 in tribute to war invalids and martyrs, marking the 78th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947–2025).

A ceremony to hand over the remains of 156 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia was held at the Binh Hiep International Border Gate in Binh Hiep commune, the southern province of Tay Ninh, on July 18.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Binh Phuoc solemnly held a memorial and burial ceremony for 89 sets of remains of Vietnamese fallen soldiers, on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947 – 2025).

A memorial and burial ceremony was held on May 23 at Hue city Martyrs’ Cemetery for the remains of 10 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed in Laos during the war.