Ho Chi Minh City leaders offer incense to commemorate heroic martyrs in Con Dao

Comrade Nguyen Van Duoc and the delegation offered flowers and incense at Hang Duong Cemetery.

The delegation included delegates attending the 1st Congress, term 2025-2030, of the Con Dao Special Zone Party Committee.

At Hang Duong Cemetery, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc and delegates offered incense and flowers in respect to the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause of national liberation and reunification.

This place was once known as “hell on earth”, bearing the mark of the heroic revolutionary struggle history of the nation, where tens of thousands of revolutionary soldiers and patriotic compatriots were imprisoned and sacrificed; engraved with historical pages about the late General Secretary Le Hong Phong, patriot Nguyen An Ninh, heroic martyr Vo Thi Sau...

Respectfully bowing before the souls of the heroic martyrs, the delegates expressed their sincere gratitude to the Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, families of martyrs, people with meritorious services to the revolution, and those who have silently devoted and sacrificed for today's independence.

At the same time, he expressed his determination to develop Con Dao in a green, clean, sustainable direction, preserving historical and spiritual values, building this place into an ecological, cultural and historical tourism center, worthy of the great sacrifices of our ancestors.

Hang Duong Cemetery is the resting place of nearly 2,000 revolutionary soldiers and patriots through many generations from 1862 to 1975. Hang Duong Cemetery has been ranked as a National Special Historical Relic.

ĐT5.jpg — Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc rang the bell to open the flower and incense offering ceremony at Con Dao Temple.

Delegates attend the incense offering ceremony at Con Dao Temple

The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and his delegation offered incense at Con Dao Temple, a place dedicated to commemorating the contributions of ancestors, heroic martyrs, compatriots and soldiers who sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the nation at the Con Dao Prison system - a place once known as "hell on earth" for 113 years.

Comrade Nguyen Van Duoc offers incense at Con Dao Temple

At Hang Keo Cemetery, in a solemn atmosphere, in front of the Hang Keo Cemetery Memorial, the delegates respectfully paid tribute to the souls of our ancestors, heroic martyrs and patriots who fought and heroically sacrificed for the cause of national liberation and the communist ideal on this sacred land of Con Dao.