President Truong Tan Sang attended a ceremony to mark the 40th
anniversary of the return of imprisoned revolutionaries from Phu
Quoc Island held in Kien Giang province on March 15.
Sang, himself a former Phu Quoc prisoner, recalled memories of the communist prisoners 40 years ago.
He stressed that the prisoners, who were around 20 years old by that
time, had demonstrated a strong spirit and were ready to sacrifice
themselves for the country.
Sang asked authorities
of all levels, organisations and individuals to pay more attention to
and continue assisting the former prisoners.
On March 14,
Sang visited Phu Quoc Martyrs’ cemetery, which houses the tombs of more
than 3,700 martyr heroes nationwide, who sacrificed their lives for the
fatherland in the two wars against French colonialists and US
imperialists.-VNA