Memorial border war in 1979

The small memorial to war Vietnam-China border in 1979 took place yesterday 17/2 in Hanoi and Saigon.
In the morning of Tuesday, 2/17, a memorial service was Le Hieu Dang club held at the monument area Tran Hung Dao (Bach Dang Street, District 1, HCMC) to mark 36 years of the date of the outbreak of the War Vietnam-China border.


This ceremony with the participation of about 40 people, including many intellectuals Degree.
Journalist Huynh Ngoc differences, people present at the ceremony, told the BBC that the participants 'unimpeded' as every year, although some 'blocked from the' not to be.
He said the security differences remain on as usual at the ceremony, but "not crowded as last year."
"Last year we had 20 people, 40 people security."
But some people like Dr. Pham Chi Dung Pham Dinh Trong writer or blocked from home, not to be the site of a memorial service, according to Huynh Ngoc differences.

In Hanoi, some bright 17/2 operation for movement No-U was also known to the martyrs cemetery in Tu Liem burn incense to commemorate the martyrs of the war northern border.
The social network on this occasion filled with information and pictures about the short but bloody war in 1979, in which tens of thousands of civilians were killed Vietnam after the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping launched the war 'counter-attack self-defense' to 'teach Vietnam a lesson'.
But the mainstream press did not write anything more about this event.
Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong news upcoming visit to China.
Commenting on the quiet in the newspaper in the country, said Huynh Ngoc differences: "Some reports have said, such as Thanh Nien newspaper article today, but generally speaking very little".
"I do not know, maybe that is the policy of the State and the Party?"
"But people will never forget!"