Prime Minister pays tribute to war martyrs, heroes

Here he offered incense and laid wreaths for national heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for national independence during the wars.

Truong Son national martyrs cemetary is comprised of over 10,000 graves of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians who died in defense of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Meanwhile, Route 9 is located on the northern edge of South Vietnam, meaning it was of strategic importance for Americans to stop the Ho Chi Minh Trail supply lines. It is also the resting place of some 10,000 soldiers who died during the American War.

Quang Tri Citadel was a military bastion which suffered from the U.S bombardment of 81 days and nights in 1972. The citadel has gone down in history as a glorious period of the nation’s war against foreign invasion.