The Vietnamese Consulate General in Pakse city in Champasak province of Laos, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Association in the province, organised activities on July 20-21 to show gratitude for families of invalids, martyrs and those who rendered service to the revolution.

A requiem was held in Luang Prabang, Laos, on July 20 for Vietnamese and Lao martyrs who laid down their lives in Laos for the national liberation and the international missions of the two neighboring countries, on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947-2023).

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong on July 19 offered incense in commemoration of war martyrs at Hang Duong Cemetery on Con Dao island of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province to mark 76 years of Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

VOV.VN - Some 14 sets of remains believed to be wartime military soldiers have been discovered when construction workers refurbished a preschool in Tan Thoi commune, Phong Dien district of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Remains of 83 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed during the war in Cambodia were repatriated via Hoa Lu international border gate in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on June 30.

A ceremony was held at the Tong Khao martyr’s cementary in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on June 23 to rebury the remains of eight Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos during the wartime.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held at the martyr cemetery of Ngoc Hoi district in Kon Tum province on June 10 to re-bury remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during international missions in Laos and Cambodia.

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi will be closed from June 16 for yearly maintenance, according to its management board.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 19 held memorial and burial services for Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Salavan and Sekong provinces of Laos.

A working team of the Military Command of the southern province of Binh Phuoc on April 4 discovered the remains of seven war martyrs in Phu Lac hamlet, Thanh Phu commune, Binh Long town, bringing the total number of sets of remains of war martyrs found in the hamlet to 20.