A group of Da Nang leaders, led by municipal Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Quang, on Monday morning, offered incense and laid wreaths in tribute to heroic martyrs at the 2 September Peace Monument before attending the opening ceremony of the first session of the Da Nang People’s Council in its 10^th tenure for the 2021 - 2026 term.

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

Among the city's leaders were municipal Party Committee Secretary cum People's Council Chairman Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, People's Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh and Chairman of the municipal Committee of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Ngo Xuan Thang.

The participants observed a minute’s silence to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh, the heroic martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation’s re-unification, the Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, and those who gave great service to the national revolution.

In front of the hallowed memorial to the heroic martyrs, Da Nang leaders vowed that the government and people of Da Nang will forever remember the service and sacrifice made by the heroic martyrs for Viet Nam's independence and reunion, as well as continue to uphold their consensus and solidarity, and do their utmost to make Da Nang even more civilised and prosperous in the years ahead.

Reporting by NGUYEN QUANG – Translating by A.T