The ground-breaking ceremony of the A210 liaison line commemorative takes place on September 10, 2017 in Luong Hoa commune. (Photo: baotintuc.vn)

The ground-breaking ceremony was accompanied by a requiem for martyrs and victims of wars, held at a memorial complex in honor of Nguyen Thi Dinh, who led an insurrection in Ben Tre province in 1945 and became a major general to serve in the Vietnam People’s Army.

Candles are lit in commemoration of those who sacrificed their lives for Vietnam's independence. (Photo: baotintuc.vn)

Ben Tre administrators took this occasion to provide free health examinations and medicine and present gifts to poor locals.  

The A210 liaison line, connecting Luong Hoa and Phong My commune,  was one of 18 key routes for transfering weapons, food, and soldiers to southern battle fields in the American war. Many soldiers and civilians died there to maintain the route until national unification was finally achieved on April 30, 1975.