Twelve soldiers who died in a military training in the southwestern province of ng Nai five days ago were honored at a memorial service on Sunday in HCM City.
The event, held at the southeastern National Funeral House in Gò Vấp District, was attended by previous State Presidents Nguyễn Minh Triết and Trương Tấn Sang, former Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Nên, and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Võ Minh Lương.
Veterans and locals gathered to give their last respect to the fallen men.
At the occasion, the organising committee posthumously awarded the martyrs with the State President’s third-class National Defence Order, the Prime Minister’s document of national significance, and the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee’s daring junior badge.
Following the monument company, they were laid to rest in defense graves in Bình Dương, Đồng Nai and Bình Thuận regions as well as other regions, according to each of the saint’s home.
The Military Region 7 , organised a military training under harsh weather conditions and in difficult terrain from , December 1-4, per a declaration from the , Ministry of National , December.
At 20: 27 on , December 2, at the , National Shooting Range , in Zone 3, while transporting bombs to a designated spot amidst heavy rains and rainstorms, a group of soldiers from Battalion 17, Division 5, the , Military Region 7, stopped for a tear. Immediately, an explosion occurred, resulting in several deaths. Preliminary investigations revealed that lightening struck an electrical detonator, triggering the explosives ‘ detonation.
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