Candle-lighting ceremonies honour war heroes, martyrs
A candle-lighting ceremony in honour of war heroes and martyrs took place at the Truong Son National Martyrs Cemetery in the central province of Quang Tri on July 26.
Hanoi (VNA) – A candle-lightingceremony in honour of war heroes and martyrs took place at the Truong SonNational Martyrs Cemetery in the central province of Quang Tri on July 26 tocommemorate the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day(July 27).
The event was co-hosted by the HoChi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee, the Ministry ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs,the Ministry of Education and Training andQuang Tri province.
At the ceremony, HCYU membersoffered incense, flowers and lighted candles at more than 11,000 martyrs’tombs.
Gifts were presented toVietnamese heroic mothers, war invalids and policy beneficiary families in the province.
In the evening of the same day,the HCYU Central Committee organised similar events at the Vi Xuyen Martyrs’Cemetery in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, the Vietnam- LaosInternational Cemetery in the central province of Nghe An, the Hang Duong-ConDao Martyrs’ Cemetery in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and the Martyrs’Cemetery of Tan Bien district in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh.
The programme “Candle lighting inhonour of war heroes and martyrs” was also held at 3,181 martyrs’ cemeteriesnationwide.
On July 26, the Secretariat ofthe HCYU Central Committee visited and presented gifts to Vietnamese heroicmothers, martyrs and policy beneficiary families, offered free health check-upsand medicines to local people, inaugurated houses of gratitude and visited theCare Centre for Invalids and Social Protection in Quang Tri province.
The HCYU chapters nationwide haveraised a total of 19 billion VND to present 31,120 gift packages to Vietnamese heroicmothers, policy beneficiary families, revolution contributors, former vanguardyoungsters and poor households.
The money was also used to repair657 houses and build 94 houses of gratitude, offer health check-ups andmedicines to 52,000 relatives of martyrs and Vietnamese heroic mothers.
All district-level young doctors’clubs nationwide have launched hotlines to offer health advices and taken careof 217 Vietnamese heroic mothers and martyrs’ families.-VNA
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At the candle-lighting ceremony (Source: VNA) 
