War invalids, martyrs’ families remembered on anniversary
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to Heroic Mothers and war invalids in the central city of Da Nang on July 15.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (L) presents gift to a war invalid in Da Nang (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to HeroicMothers and war invalids in the central city of Da Nang on July 15, on theoccasion of the 70th War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).
Man affirmed that the Party and State always pay attentionto caring for families of people who rendered service to the nation, includingHeroic Mothers, martyrs and war invalids.
He asked Da Nang city to do more to support the preferentialpolicy beneficiary families, both materially and spiritually.
On the day, Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister VuongDinh Hue led a working delegation to lay wreaths and offer incense at the RoadNo.9 National Martyrs' Cemetery and Truong Son National Martyrs' Cemetery inthe central province of Quang Tri to commemorate people who laid down theirlives for the national liberation and reunification.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue offers incense to commemorate martyrs in Quang Tri (Source: VNA)
Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich visited and presentedgifts to war invalids and wounded soldiers who are under treatment at the ThuanThanh sanatorium in northern Bac Ninh province.
On this occasion, the Defence Ministry granted an ambulance,104 air conditioners, and one desktop cardiograph worth 1.9 billion VND (83,619USD) to the sanatorium.
The facility is caring for 96 war invalids who have losttheir ability to work.-VNA
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President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on July 13 offered incense at the Truong Son National Martyrs' Cemetery in Quang Tri province on the occasion of the 70th War Invalids' and Martyrs' Day.
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President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (L) presents gift to a war invalid in Da Nang (Source: VNA) 
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue offers incense to commemorate martyrs in Quang Tri (Source: VNA) 
