Hundereds of people also paid a visit to commemorative house of General Vo Nguyen Giap in An Xa village, Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province on May 7 in memory of great contributions of the General to the cause of glorious revolution of the nation.

Earlier, more than 170,000 visitors across the country paid a tribute and offered incense to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s grave during the six-day holiday (April 30 and May 1), according to statistics of the Guard Team at General Vo Nguyen Giap’s grave.

To date, there are more than 180,000 groups with over 2.1 million people and visitors to offer incense to late General Vo Nguyen Giap’s grave in Vung Chua – Yen island.

General Giap was the Commander-in-Chief of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign that helped end Vietnam’s nine-year resistance war against French colonialists 61 years ago.

As an eminent disciple of President Ho Chi Minh and the first General and Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People’s Army, he led his people to victory over both French and American armies.

With over 80 years serving the nation, he was loved and respected by Vietnamese people and international friends and is a hero to generations of officers and soldiers nationwide.

He was born in 1911 in Loc Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, and central Quang Binh province. He passed away in Hanoi on October 4 last year at the age of 103.

Translated by Nhu Y
(Source: Phap Luat Online)