Pay attention to renovating works honoring martyrs

With more than 75 thousand outstanding sons who heroically sacrificed in the struggles for national liberation and protection of the Fatherland, Hung Yen province is one of the localities with the largest number of martyrs in the country. In recent years, with the attention of the Central Government, the province has focused many resources to renovate and upgrade works honoring martyrs, contributing to making the resting place of heroes more spacious, expressing deep gratitude for their noble sacrifice.

Quynh Hung martyr cemetery cluster (Quynh Phu commune) was renovated and upgraded to be spacious and majestic.

Quynh Hung martyrs' cemetery cluster (Quynh Phu commune) is the resting place of 188 martyrs in Quynh Phu and Quynh An communes. In Quynh Phu commune alone, there are currently 4 works honoring martyrs, including 3 martyrs' cemeteries and 1 martyrs' memorial. Built over many decades, through the rain and sun, the work has been repaired many times but has deteriorated. In 2024, along with the attention of the State, the locality mobilized more socialized funding to renovate and upgrade, so the work has a new look, very spacious and majestic. Ms. Pham Thi Thuy Mui, Head of the Department of Culture - Society , Quynh Phu commune, said: At all martyrs' cemeteries, there are careful caretakers. On holidays and Tet, the locality organizes cleaning in the grounds of the memorial and martyrs' cemetery, expressing gratitude and appreciation to those who died for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland and the happiness of the people.

The Quynh My Martyrs Cemetery cluster has 341 graves of martyrs and heroic Vietnamese mothers that have been renovated and upgraded. This is not only the resting place of the outstanding children of the homeland and neighboring communes, but also a place to educate revolutionary patriotism, helping people of all walks of life, especially the younger generation, to better understand the contributions and sacrifices of their fathers and grandfathers to have a peaceful life today.

During the resistance wars of the nation, 862 sons of Tien Hung homeland heroically sacrificed. Recently, thanks to the mobilization of socialized funds and the active support of the people, the locality has built and inaugurated the Hong Viet Martyrs Memorial. The project was built on an area of ​​4,000 ^m2.   includes many items with a total investment of nearly 11 billion VND.

Monument to the heroic martyrs of Hong Viet (Tien Hung commune).

Mr. Pham Hung Cuong, Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, said: Although the locality does not have a large area and a small population, it has contributed a lot of human and material resources to the revolution. The commune has connected and mobilized a number of large corporations and enterprises to sponsor the construction of the Martyrs' Memorial. People in the commune also actively supported money and working days to contribute to creating a meaningful and impressive project. This is the desire of the people of Tien Hung, expressing the sentiments and morality of "When drinking water, remember its source" of today's generation with the outstanding children who sacrificed their blood and youth for the country.

Hung Yen currently has 411 works honoring martyrs, including: 224 martyr cemeteries, 13 martyr temples, 101 martyr memorials and 73 martyr steles. In recent times, the work of caring for, upgrading and renovating works honoring martyrs has been carefully carried out by localities in the province. Many localities have proactively promoted internal strength along with mobilizing socialized funding to build, upgrade and renovate works. There are typical works honoring martyrs such as: Monument to heroic martyrs of the province (Pho Hien ward), My Hao martyrs cemetery (My Hao ward), Van Lam martyrs cemetery (Lac Dao commune), Temple of martyrs cemetery of Tien Hai commune...

Tien Hai commune martyr cemetery temple was invested to build spacious, clean and beautiful.

Mr. Pham Dinh Tung, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs, said: Upgrading and renovating works commemorating martyrs as well as caring for people with meritorious services and their relatives are the sacred responsibility of today's generation. In the coming time, Hung Yen province will continue to seek the attention and support of the Central Government, and at the same time mobilize and allocate many resources to focus on renovating and upgrading works commemorating martyrs to be more spacious and majestic, worthy of the great sacrifice of heroic martyrs.

Do Hong Gia

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