Every year on July 27, Vietnam celebrates the Day of Remembrance of those killed for independence (Vietnamese). Ngày thưư小ng binh li海t s海).
Preparations for this day are underway throughout Vietnam. Young people, workers, and the army are busy improving military cemeteries. The families of the heroes are given gifts, including cash benefits.
On this day, local residents pay tribute and honor those who died or suffered in various wars in which Vietnam was a participant. At the same time, undoubtedly, one of the most terrible wars in terms of the number of casualties was the war of 1957-1975, which began as a civil war in South Vietnam, and then North Vietnam was drawn into it.
These hostilities represented the largest armed conflict in the post-World War II period. This war claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fathers and sons and left behind many disabled military personnel.