President To Lam on July 24 visited and presented gifts to war invalids and sick soldiers at a nursing centre in Thuan Thanh district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - 2024).

Authorities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc held a ceremony on July 24 at the province’s martyr’s cemetery to rebury ten sets of remains of soldiers who laid down their lives during wartime.

A requiem ceremony was held in the central province of Quang Tri on July 21 to commemorate soldiers who died during an 81-day battle here in the summer of 1972 to safeguard the country.

A clash took place in southern Philippines’ Basilan in early morning on November 8, leaving two terrorists dead and three government soldiers wounded.

A delegation from the Embassy and other representative offices of Vietnam in Laos laid a wreath at the monument to Laos-Vietnam fallen soldiers in Ban Con village, Phonhong district, Vientiane.