On Wednesday morning, a group of Da Nang leaders, led by municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary Vo Cong Tri, offered incense and laid wreaths at the 2 September Peace Monument to mark the 69^th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (27 July).

Deputy Secretary Tri (first) laying a wreath at the 2 September Peace Monument

The participants observed a minute's silence to commemorate the heroic martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation’s re-unification.

They also offered incense at a memorial stele in Phuoc Ninh valley in Hai Chau District which is for martyrs who died in the resistance war against the French colonialists between 1858 and 1860. 

Also on the same day, they visited and presented gifts to some local social policy beneficiaries in Hoa Vang and Thanh Khe districts.  The recipients were Mr Ngo Thanh Nhi, a war invalid living in Hoa Vang District’s Quan Nam 1 village, 103-year-old heroic Vietnamese mother Nguyen Thi Lan in the district’s Quan Nam 5 village, and 99-year-old heroic Vietnamese mothers Nguyen Thi Tung and Tran Thi Tan, both in Thanh Khe District.

On behalf of the city leaders, Deputy Secretary Tri expressed his deep gratitude to them for their great sacrifices for the reunification of the country. 

Also to mark the occasion, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho visited and gave a gift to 66-year-old People's Armed Forces Hero Nguyen Minh Sang in Hai Chau District.

Chairman Tho (left) presenting a gift to a relative of war invalid Sang

Chairman Tho underlined that the city authorities and its people always show their gratitude and respect towards those who displayed their great devotion to the defence of the nation against invaders in the past.  He wished Mr Sang good health and to remain a bright example for local younger generations to follow.

Over recent days, the Hoa Vang District authorities have presented gifts, worth between 500,000 VND and 1 million VND each, to 12,000 social policy beneficiaries.  The recipients were heroic Vietnamese mothers, martyrs’ relatives, and war invalids living in Hoa Vang and Cam Le districts, and in the Centre for Caring Social Policy Beneficiaries in the city and Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An.

Also on Wednesday, some nurses and doctors from the city’s Border Guard, the Red Cross Society, and the Thuan Phuoc Ward War Invalids’ Association gave free medication examinations and treatment to over 600 sick soldiers, single elderly and poor people in Lien Chieu District’s Hoa Hiep Bac Ward, Hai Chau District’s Thuan Phuoc Ward, and Son Tra District’s Man Thai Ward.