A ceremony to celebrate the 195^th death anniversary of Thoai Ngoc Hau, a prominent general of the Nguyen Dynasty, took place at the namesake temple in Da Nang’s Son Tra District on Tuesday.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Dinh Vinh (first, right) and city leaders attended the ceremony. Photo: X.D

Attending the ceremony were Permanent Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Chairman Nguyen Dinh Vinh, Chairman of the People’s Council Ngo Xuan Thang, Chairman of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee of the city Le Van Trung, Head of the Party Committee's Publicity and Training Department Doan Ngoc Hung Anh, and Head of the Party Committee's Mass Mobilisation Commission Tran Thang Loi, along with delegations of An Giang Province’s Thoai Son District and Vinh Long Proince’s Vung Liem District.

In a solemn atmosphere, the government and people of Son Tra District commemorated the meritorious official’s great merits and devotion to the cause of homeland construction and defence.

Through practical actions, Nguyen Van Thoai contributed material wealth to the reconstruction of An Hai Village market, An Phuoc pagoda, the village communal house, and temples to worship the gods. This created a great change for the fishing village of An Hai and the communes on the east bank of the Han River in terms of both economic and cultural development. From a poor village, An Hai Village gradually became a populous, prosperous land on the east bank of the Han River.

City leaders offer incense to commemorate mandarin Thoai Ngoc Hau. Photo: X.D

Authorities in Son Tra District took the opportunity to call on local people, especially the young generation, to continue to uphold national cultural traditions in order to arouse pride in their ancestors, homeland and country, and build an increasingly prosperous and happy life.

Leader of Son Tra District expressed deep belief in the development of the relationship between Son Tra and its twin localities, contributing to making Son Tra, Thoai Son and Vung Liem become more prosperous in the coming time.

At the ceremony, leaders of the city, departments, agencies, districts and twin localities, respectfully offered flowers and incense in memory of mandarin Thoai Ngoc Hau.

Reporting by XUAN DUNG - Translating by M.DUNG