Veterans Association of University of Science visited Truong Son Martyrs Cemetery

The Veterans Association of Hue University of Sciences was established in 1994. After 29 years of operation, the association has affirmed the role and enthusiasm of soldiers in all fields of work. As veterans in an intellectual environment, the majority of the members are highly qualified lecturers (associate professors, doctors, masters, etc.), soldiers who have achieved many outstanding achievements in their profession as well as scientific research. Leaving the battlefield to enter the lecture hall, although the environment has changed, the veterans still maintain the fire of a soldier.

MSc. Nguyen Minh Can, President of the Association of War Veterans - Hue University of Science, confided: It is the years of military service that have given us a serious and responsible lifestyle. No matter what position we are in, we strive to complete it well, from teaching to teaching service, teachers - soldiers always ensure the quality of lecture content and assigned work. Thanks to that, all members have achieved advanced workers (LĐTT), emulation soldiers (CSTĐ) at the grassroots and ministerial levels continuously for many years of study.

Mr. Can said that from 2017 to now, the members have carried out many basic scientific research topics, university-level topics, ministerial-level topics, provincial-level topics and many other topics. Some members are the project managers of key scientific research projects, and hundreds of scientific articles by Hue University of Sciences veterans have been published domestically and internationally. Many comrades have participated in domestic and international scientific conferences. Among them, a number of topics with high practicality and application have been put into production, bringing benefits to the school and society, and have been rewarded at all levels. Through the work of emulation and reward assessment, the Association's veterans have strived to complete their professional work and achieved emulation titles in the school years with a rate of achieving LĐTT of nearly 100% and achieving CSTĐ at the grassroots level quite high, about 30%.

Despite being busy with teaching and research, the War Veterans Association of Hue University of Science still do not forget the activities to show gratitude to the heroic martyrs, the families of their former comrades, and the soldiers who died for the independence and freedom of the country. The Association regularly organizes visits and presents gifts to the school's staff who are war invalids and children of martyrs; visits and presents gifts to the Vietnamese Heroic Mothers sponsored by the school in Phong Dien commune...

It has become a tradition that on the occasion of the 30/4 holiday every year, the Association also organizes pilgrimages to the old battlefields, visits graves, and offers incense to comrades who did not return after the war at martyrs' cemeteries. Impressive visits to the Central Highlands battlefield, to the milestone and the Indochina T-junction, to the Le Thanh border and Duc Co Martyrs' Cemetery, to the battlefield of Zone Five and the Dang Thuy Tram Memorial Site, to Ta Con airport and Truong Son Martyrs' Cemetery. Many visits to Quang Tri Citadel , Hien Luong Bridge, Dong Loc T-junction, or long trips to the northern border provinces... help the veterans keep the flame of responsibility and love in the classroom.

Established very early and is an association of soldiers who participated in all four wars (against France, America, the Southwest border and the North), now many members of the Hue University of Science Veterans Association are old, sick, some "followed" their comrades, or retired. Currently, there are only a dozen people left, but the Hue University of Science Veterans Association still tries to maintain its activities and continues to carry out meaningful trips about comradeship that touch the minds of those who have been to war and even those who have never worn a soldier's uniform.

Since its establishment, many members of the Association of War Veterans of the University of Science have been honored with awards at various levels: the School, Hue University, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Prime Minister. Most recently, as an intellectual and veteran with heart and vision, Mr. Nguyen Minh Can was selected by the Provincial Association of War Veterans as one of 15 outstanding individuals to receive a certificate of merit for his achievements in the Association's work and the emulation movement "Exemplary War Veterans" in 2023.

Article and photos: Pham Phuoc Chau