A ceremony to mark the 110th birthday of late General Vo Nguyen Giap will be held on December 22, coinciding with the 77th founding anniversary of the Vietnamese People’s Army, in the central province of Quang Binh.
A commemorative ceremony for 64 martyrs who died in a battle to protect Gac Ma Island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, in 1988, was held in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on March 13.
The Vu A Dinh Award, which is dedicated to honouring contributors to ethnic minority communities, had its 10th anniversary marked with a ceremony in Hanoi on May 22.
The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union’s youth workers support center on September 2 held a collective wedding for 100 young couples in the city, featuring Vietnamese culture at Nguyen Hue Walking Street.
