The delegation of leaders from the Party, State and the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee visited and offered flowers and incense at the historical site in Ba Diem Commune, Ho Chi Minh City.
The delegation included Tran Thanh Man, Politburo member and Chairman of the National Assembly; Le Quang Manh, Party Central Committee Member and Secretary-General of the National Assembly; Nguyen Manh Cuong, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee; and Nguyen Thanh Trung, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Farmers’ Association; together with leaders of ministries and central agencies, city departments and sectors, as well as candidates for the 16th National Assembly from Electoral Unit No. 12 of Ho Chi Minh City.
At the ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and other delegates respectfully offered flowers and incense, observed a moment of silence, and expressed profound gratitude for the great contributions of beloved President Ho Chi Minh, former leaders of the Party and State, and compatriots and soldiers who sacrificed their lives for national liberation and reunification.
The Nga Ba Giong National Historical Site was formerly used by French colonialists as an execution ground where revolutionary fighters were secretly tried and executed. Here, General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party Nguyen Van Cu; Phan Dang Luu, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party, along with many other compatriots and soldiers, were killed.
>>>Below are photos from the ceremony.
