Memorial ceremony held for COVID-19 victims The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in conjunction with the Party Committees of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and localities nationwide held a ceremony on November 19 night to commemorate those who lost their lives to COVID-19. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong also sent a wreath to the ceremony in memory of COVID-19 victims. The event aims to express sympathy to bereaved families over their pain and loss, and remind people of their responsibility in the pandemic combat, organisers said. At 8:30pm, the memorial ritual began. In HCM City, which was the epicenter of the fourth resurgence of COVID-19, pagodas and churches rang the bell, and candles were lit at public places to commemorate the victims. According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam's COVID-19 death toll exceeded 23,500 as of November 19, of which more than 17,200 were recorded in HCM City./. Catholics in HCM City commemorate deceased victims of COVID-19 The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics on November 19 held a commemoration and a requiem for the people dying of COVID-19. The event, held at Nhan Hoa Church in Tan Phu district, also saw the presence of… Read full this story
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