The incense offering and candle lighting ceremony was organized by the HCMC Communist Youth Union to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 – 2024).
Attending the event were former Vice Secretaries of the HCMC Party Committee Pham Chanh Truc and Nguyen Van Dua, former Chairman of the People’s Committee of the city Nguyen Thanh Phong, Standing Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai, and members of the city’s Youth Union.
The delegates sincerely commemorated and expressed deep gratitude to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, heroes, and fallen soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the independence and freedom of the nation.
On the same day, the incense offering and candle lighting ceremony also took place to pay respect to fallen soldiers, veteran revolutionaries, and senior Party and State leaders, who are resting in peace at martyrs’ cemeteries in Cu Chi District, Nha Be- District 7, Hoc Mon, and Rung Sac (Sac Forest) Martyrs’ Cemetery in Can Gio District.