A national portal on martyrs, their graves and cemeteries will be put into official operation on 27 July in order to mark the 71^st anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day.

A Youth Union member burning incense at a martyr's grave in Da Nang

The work is considered as a tribute to the heroic martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation’s re-unification. 

The portal needs software to collect and search data, supplement and verify data at the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA)’ Department of National Devotees.

The Viet Nam Post Corporation (VNPost) is responsible for studying how to search data in the simplest and fastest way.

Following the instructions from MoLISA, the departments of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs in localities nationwide are required to the work closely with the VNPost on data collection.

At present, employees from the Da Nang Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the city’s Post Office are making a joint effort to visit and collect information on 20 martyrs’ cemeteries which are home to a combined total of about 9,500 martyrs’ graves.

The data collection in Da Nang is expected to be completed by late May.

Between August 2018 and late 2019, more data on the national portal will be updated.
According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), Viet Nam has more than 9 million revolution contributors, including 1.2 million fallen soldiers, 127,000 Heroic Mothers, and 800,000 war invalids.

Over the past 5 years, over 75,000 sets of remains of fallen soldiers have been found and reburied. Of the total, 16,600 sets of remains were repatriated from Laos, and 15,100 sets brought back from Cambodia.

The Party and State’s preferential policies have benefited 95.75% of the revolution contributors. Caring for revolution contributors is an important and frequent political task of the Party and State.