The exhibit, “Con Dao through archival materials”, which is running in Ba Ria Vung Tau province’s Con Dao district until Apr 30, features a number of documents which accentuate the island’s importance to the country.
The shrine to the legendary general Vo Nguyen Giap, whose death in October this year attracted much public attention and foreign media, was inaugurated in southern Dong Nai province on Dec 22.
The shrine to patriotic scholar Tang Bat Ho in central Binh Dinh province’s Hoai An commune was named the national historical relic on Sept 17.
The tomb and shrine of military commander Nguyen Van Can (1802-1902), whose contribution to the country is massive, has been neglected for years.