Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and delegates pay tribute to fallen combatants at the Đà Nẵng City Memorial. — VNA/VNS Photos

ĐÀ NẴNG — Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, along with a high-ranking delegation, offered flowers and incense to commemorate fallen combatants at the Đà Nẵng City Memorial on Saturday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Liberation of the South and the national reunification (April 30, 1975 – 2026).

Also attending the ceremony were members of the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Party Central Committee, leaders of the Party and State, as well as leaders of central committees, ministries and sectors, Đà Nẵng city and Military Region 5.

Party General Secretary, State President Tô Lâm (right) and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Văn Giang visit Heroic Vietnamese Mother Huỳnh Thị Mễ in Hòa Cường ward, Đà Nẵng city.

In a solemn and sacred atmosphere, Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and delegates observed a moment of silence, respectfully bowing their heads to express their boundless gratitude and profound remembrance of the immense contributions of the heroic martyrs, compatriots, and comrades, who, with fervent patriotism and unwavering unity, fought bravely and sacrificed themselves for the cause of national liberation, building and protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland. Millions of outstanding sons and daughters of the nation dedicated their youth, bravely fought, and sacrificed themselves on battlefields across the country to protect the independence, freedom, and territorial integrity of the Fatherland.

After that, the top leader and the delegation visited and presented gifts to Heroic Vietnamese Mother Huỳnh Thị Mễ, born in 1924, whose husband and one son were martyrs, in Hòa Cường ward, Đà Nẵng city. — VNA/VNS