Hanoi (VNA) – An event was held in Hanoi on July25 to express gratitude to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers nationwide, which wasamong the activities marking the 73rd War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July27).

It was attended by 300 women representing 4,962 VietnameseHeroic Mothers across the country. Among the participants, four are over 100years of age, 98 others over 90, and 133 more than 80.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao NgocDung said the Vietnamese Heroic Mother title has been bestowed andposthumously bestowed upon nearly 140,000 women over the last 25 years, sincethe ordinance regulating this State title of honour was issued.

The central province of Quang Nam is home to the largestnumber of women with this title, 15,261, followed by southern Ben Tre province with 6,905, central Quang Ngai province with 6,802, and Hanoi with 6,723.

The 4,962 title holders still alive are currently cared for bytheir families, organisations, and businesses, the minister noted.

Expressing his delight at seeing the Vietnamese HeroicMothers, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said this is an occasion toshow the Party, the State and nationwide people’s sincere sentiment andprofound attention towards them – the great mothers who dedicated theirbeloved to resistance wars, thus hugely contributing to the struggle fornational liberation, development, and defence.

The unsung sacrifice by the mothers in the rear was as greatas the those by soldiers in the front line during resistance wars, he stressed,noting that their lofty sacrifice and faithfulness are a shining example of therevolutionary heroism.

He said 97 percent of the families of contributors to therevolution have had their living standards equivalent to or higher than theaverage level in their residing areas.

However, a number of war invalids are still suffering from wartimeinjuries while remains of many martyrs haven’t been found, and certainrevolution contributors and martyrs’ relatives haven’t fully benefited fromsupport policies or are still facing difficulties in their lives.

Therefore, the PM asked ministries, sectors and localitiesnationwide to push ahead with implementing preferential policies for revolutioncontributors, including those engaging in resistance wars, the fights defendingthe country, and international missions.

They also need to step up the search for and retrieval ofmartyrs’ remains, enhance cooperation with international partners in this task,and mobilise private resources to the care for revolution contributors, headded./.