A number of projects were inaugurated at two huge martyr cemeteries inthe former fiercest battlefield province of Quang Tri on July 13,to mark the War Invalids and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (July 27).

One of these projects was a shrine to unknown soldiers whose remainswere repatriated from neighbouring Laos at the Duong Chin (LaneNo.9) cemetery. The cemetery is the resting place for over 10,000soldiers who were killed at the Duong Chin battlefield and on Lao soilduring the anti-US war. The facility, built in 1995, was named after aroad that was a strategic transport artery connecting the Vietnam-Laosborderline with Dong Ha, in Quang Tri province, during the war.

The shrine to martyrs at another cemetery, the Truong Son Martyrs’Cemetery, the largest of its kind in Vietnam , was renovated,including the reconstruction of its main gate and fences.

The cemetery buried 10,333 sets of remains collected from thebattlefields along the Truong Son mountain range, commonly known as HoChi Minh lane.

The upgrade in the two cemeteriescost 2 billion VND (100,000 USD) in total with funding covered by theBank of Industry and Development of Vietnam (BIDV).

Following the inauguration ceremony, a prayer for martyrs was held atthe Truong Son cemetery. Earlier, the site witnessed the inauguration ofa monument to “Military uniformed performers in frontiers”. The fundingwas raised by veteran members of a military artistic troupe from theformer Tri Thien Hue-Military Zone No. 4./.