(HNNN) - July returns with peak activities across the country in the journey of "repaying gratitude", demonstrating the morality of "drinking water, remember the source", paying tribute to heroic martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers, and people with meritorious services. Not only are these activities of gratitude, specific gratitude, and gratitude, this is also an opportunity for each person who is enjoying independence, freedom, peace, and unity to remind each other to enhance their responsibility to maintain peace and develop the country so as not to disappoint the generations who have sacrificed their blood for the Fatherland.
1. With a history of thousands of years of building and defending the country, countless generations of Vietnamese people with patriotic spirit, strong and indomitable heroic will have devoted their blood and bones to the cause of protecting and building the country. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in the 20th century, generations of the nation's elite children put away their pens, temporarily forgot their personal happiness, and set out to make a revolution, fight against invaders, and create glorious miracles in the history of the nation's struggle to win independence - freedom and build the country. From the victory of "Nine years as a Dien Bien/ So the red crown becomes a golden history" that was famous in five continents and shook the earth, to the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign and the Great Spring Victory in 1975, completely liberating the South and reunifying the country, Vietnam has made the international community proud when it won against two of the world's most powerful empires and colonialists, contributing to promoting the movement to fight for independence and freedom globally. Not long after peace, the whole country had to enter two wars to protect the Southwest border and the Northern border with equally resounding victories, while fulfilling noble international obligations to our brotherly friend country.
Of course, no success or victory comes easily. To write the above brilliant golden page of history, millions of Vietnamese people fell or sacrificed part of their blood, adorning the victorious flag of the glorious Fatherland. Currently, the whole country has nearly 1.2 million martyrs, nearly 200,000 martyrs whose remains have not been found, nearly 300,000 martyrs' remains have not been identified and millions of wounded and sick soldiers with injuries and illnesses.
2. Recognizing the contributions and sacrifices of heroes, martyrs, wounded soldiers, and sick soldiers, right from the founding of the country, on February 16, 1947, the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam signed Decree No. 20/SL on "Preferential treatment for people with meritorious services", then supplemented and amended by Decree 242/SL dated October 12, 1948 regulating standards for recognition of war invalids and posthumous awards. soldiers, implementing a "disability pension" regime for war invalids, a "survival benefit" regime for families of martyrs. On July 17, 1947, in a letter to the Standing Committee of the Organizing Committee of "National War Invalids' Day", President Ho Chi Minh agreed to choose July 27 every year as "War Invalids and Martyrs' Day" - a day for soldiers and people nationwide to express gratitude to war invalids, martyrs and martyrs' families, and at the same time mark the birth of the gratitude activities "Repaying gratitude", "Drinking water, remember the source" for those who contributed to the revolution. in July every year. He advised: "Wounded soldiers, sick soldiers, military families and martyrs' families are people who have made contributions to the Fatherland and the people. Therefore, it is our duty to be grateful, to love and help them."
Although the economy faces many difficulties due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the complexity of the world political situation, in 2021, the Party and State still decided to increase 50% of gifts (compared to 2020) for people with meritorious services and families of workers on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27). This year, despite facing many difficulties due to increased raw material and fuel prices, especially gasoline prices, the level of gifts to policy families remains the same as in 2021. Specifically, according to Decision No. 754/QD-CTN on giving gifts on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2022), gifts are divided into two levels: 600,000 VND and 300,000 VND. As for the city, this year, Hanoi plans to give 122,045 gifts to meritorious people and relatives with a total cost of 97.63 billion VND. A cash gift of 1 million VND/person was sent to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; War invalids, class B war invalids, people receiving policies such as war invalids with a working capacity loss of 21% or more; sick soldiers with reduced working capacity of 41% or more; Representatives of the martyrs' main relatives (father, mother, wife, husband, children, adoptive parents); Resistance activists infected with toxic chemicals are receiving monthly benefits. A gift of 500,000 VND was sent to the representative of the family worshiping the martyr. In addition, Hanoi also donated 72 gifts to individuals with outstanding achievements, each worth 2.5 million VND, including 2 million VND in cash.
3. The war has receded but its ghost is still evident, especially when the world's geo-political and economic situation is becoming very complicated. In an effort to carry out the mission of bringing peace to the people of other countries, since 2014, Vietnam has officially sent officers and soldiers to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Africa. Vietnamese forces participating in the United Nations Mission are increasing with more diverse and complex tasks. Happily, peacekeeping soldiers from Vietnam are highly appreciated by local people and the international community, especially in supporting production development and stabilizing life. However, the price of peace is always very expensive. In early 2022, Lieutenant Colonel Do Anh died while on a peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. In the country, with the tradition and spirit of "for the country, forget yourself, serve the people", somewhere there are still officers and soldiers of the armed forces who sacrifice or are injured while performing their duties. Most recently, on June 26, 2022, professional soldier Lieutenant Colonel Bui Van Nhien died while saving a drowning child in Phu Quoc. The sacrifices of 13 martyrs on the way to rescue at Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant (Thua Thien Hue) in 2020 will also be unforgettable in the minds of many people... Not to mention the many officers and soldiers of the armed forces who are silently contributing and being injured in the fight against crime and keeping social peace.
Many martyrs have not yet found their remains, causing their comrades to exclaim: "Boat to Thach Han... row lightly/ At the bottom of the river, my friend lies still/ At the age of twenty, he became a wave of water/ Patting calmly on the shore, forever for a thousand years"; While many martyrs have not yet been identified, there are still people who continue to fall for the Fatherland and for the people. How painful! Yet, many people, due to lack of awareness, and being negatively impacted by hostile forces, have made statements and actions that are not standard, and even demand a review of history. The annual commemoration of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day is also an opportunity for those individuals to review themselves, an opportunity for the social community to speak up stronger and more fiercely to awaken those who are still dull, "eating porridge and stone bowls", "eating apple trees, fenced with fig trees". Gratitude does not need to be "a high plate, a full meal", but higher, more necessary is a correct awareness and high responsibility of each person. Besides our sacrificed ancestors, wounded and sick soldiers, look no further than those who are dedicating themselves on the front lines, borders, islands, facing dangers, those who are always ready to "forget their lives for the country, serve the people", for a peaceful life.
Source: Hanoi New Newspaper
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