Portal on war martyr-related information to open in July
The first portal on war martyrs, war martyrs’ graves and cemeteries nationwide is set to make debut this July, expected to facilitate the public’s access to relevant information and search for the graves of their relatives who laid down their lives for the sake of the country.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam pays homage to heroic martyrs at the Kim Son martyr cemetery in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, on May 20 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The first portal on war martyrs, warmartyrs’ graves and cemeteries nationwide is set to make debut this July,expected to facilitate the public’s access to relevant information and searchfor the graves of their relatives who laid down their lives for the sake of thecountry.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam paid homage toheroic martyrs at the Kim Son martyr cemetery in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, andexamined the portal building progress on May 20.
He said the database of martyrs and their graveshas been compiled on paper by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs (MOLISA) and the Ministry of National Defence. However, there haven’tbeen any ways to identify hundreds of thousands of graves that lackinformation.
With a widespread network of more than 12,000transaction points and 43,000 post office workers, the Vietnam Post Corporation(Vietnam Post) was assigned to coordinate with authorised agencies to collectdata about war martyrs and their graves and cemeteries across the country andbuild the portal.
Post office workershave been taking photos of graves at local war martyrs’ cemeteries. The imageand information about the graves will be sent to the portal.
Deputy PM Dam said by using informationtechnology, the information, images and coordinates of each grave will becompared and connected with the existing database of the two ministries andthen made available on the portal.
Information about martyrs will also help findtheir family members, which will make it easier for relevant agencies to carryout preferential treatment policy, he said.
A representative of MOLISA said since the portalbuilding began, 800,000 or 91 percent of the 900,000 graves in war martyrs’cemeteries across the country have had their information added. Many localitieshave completed this work, including northern Hai Phong city, central Quang Triand Quang Ngai provinces, and southern Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces.
Chairman of the Vietnam Post’s member councilPham Anh Tuan said information about martyrs’ graves will continually beupdated to ensure accuracy. The Vietnam Post is making efforts to finishcollecting data by the end of May.
According to the MOLISA, more than 300,000martyrs’ remains have been reburied in cemeteries nationwide but still lackinformation. Meanwhile, the remains of over 200,000 other martyrs haven’t beenfound.
In 2017, about 2,370 sets of remains of fallensoldiers were discovered, including some 1,160 found in Vietnam and theremaining in other countries like Laos and Cambodia.-VNA
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam pays homage to heroic martyrs at the Kim Son martyr cemetery in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, on May 20 (Photo: VNA) 
