State leader presents Tet gifts in Ho Chi Minh City
President Tran Dai Quang offered incense at the Ben Duoc Monument in Cu Chi district of HCM City on January 31 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1968 General Offensive and Uprising.
President Tran Dai Quang and a delegation lay a wreath at Ben Duoc Monument (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang laid a wreath and offeredincense at the Ben Duoc Monument in Cu Chi district of Ho Chi Minh City onJanuary 31 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Mau ThanGeneral Offensive and Uprising in spring 1968.
The fallen soldier monument, the largest of its kind in HoChi Minh City, is built in the so-called Iron Triangle famous for the historicCu Chi tunnels to commemorate people and soldiers who laid down their livesduring the resistance wars against French and US aggressors.
Also on the occasion of the upcoming lunar New Year (Tet)festival, the State leader attended a programme titled “Tet for the poor anddioxin victims”, and presented gifts to 100 beneficiaries of State preferentialpolicies and underprivileged households in Cu Chi district.
He extended his Tet wishes to locals, and appreciatedefforts made by authorities of Ho Chi Minh City and Cu Chi district to care forpolicy beneficiaries, poor people and Agent Orange/dioxin victims.
The President expressed his gratitude for the sacrifice ofpeople who rendered service to the nation, encouraging them to become rolemodels in abiding by the Party’s policies and the State’s laws so otherspeople, especially young generations, can follow.
The leader also paid Tet visits to several intellectuals inthe city.-VNA
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President Tran Dai Quang and a delegation lay a wreath at Ben Duoc Monument (Source: VNA) 
