Letter from the Party Secretary to the Veterans Association of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Dear wounded and sick soldiers,

Dear relatives of martyrs,

Dear Veterans of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities,

On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2021), an event of profound political and humanistic significance, on behalf of the Party Committee of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), I would like to send my gratitude, best wishes and the most warm and affectionate regards to you, comrades. I wish you good health, joy, success, always strongly demonstrate the qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in peacetime, always maintain the spirit of soldiers and continue to make contributions to our School's Party Committee.

Program "Unforgettable Song" - Commemorating the 73rd Anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2020)

Melody Beattie once shared: “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.” For a long time, together with the whole country, we have always solemnly celebrated July 27 to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs, those who contributed to the revolution, and also as an opportunity to educate today's young generation, to educate students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities about the tradition of patriotism, about the indomitable heroism of our ancestors, about the noble morality of Gratitude. That is also the most reasonable way for us to become full, to “open up the fullness” of the present and the future in which we and future generations will live.

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities is one of the member units of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (formerly Hanoi University of Science) with the largest number of teachers, lecturers and students who are veterans. Among them, many teachers and students sacrificed on the battlefields, many returned to their homeland with wounds that had not healed or could never heal. During the war, following the sacred call of the Fatherland, teachers and students "put down their pens and ink", dedicating a part of their youth to the country. After the war, teachers brought military honors, military discipline, and the spirit of the Vietnam People's Army to the classrooms and made many contributions to the overall development of the Party Committee of the University. Many teachers and lecturers who are veterans have retired, many teachers continue to work hard as lecturers and managers.

Poet Le Anh Xuan, real name Ca Le Hien (1940-1968). He was a student, then a lecturer at the Faculty of History, Hanoi University of Science.

Jean Baptiste Massieu wrote: “Gratitude is the memory of the heart”. In our “memory of the heart”, generations of students of Hanoi University of Science have left school to go to defend the Fatherland, the path they have taken - from the lecture hall to the battlefield, and from the battlefield to the lecture hall - the heroic examples, martyrs who have left and sacrificed for the Fatherland, are forever indelible imprints, becoming more profound over time. The great achievements and contributions of martyrs, wounded soldiers, veterans... have become great lessons, a source of spiritual motivation urging teachers and students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to strive, to shoulder the work left by the deceased, to continue to build the University into an advanced, humane, modern university in the field of social sciences and humanities in Vietnam.

I know that not long from now, the Memorial to the Martyrs of Hanoi University of Science will be built. The project will forever preserve the “memory of the heart” in the current and future generations of lecturers and students of the University, to see that truth is the daughter of time (“Truth is the daughter of time” - Francis Bacon).

Because, most importantly, with the example of brave fighting, with the spirit of sacrifice for the ideal, comrades have contributed to "making history", creating the most complete and lasting Truth and Truth.

Paying tribute to veterans on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day, July 27, 2019

Over the years, the care of war invalids and martyrs' families at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has had many forms and diverse activities, contributing to easing the pain of war, encouraging and motivating war invalids and martyrs' families to rise up in the new period, in work as well as study - such as: offering incense at the martyrs' cemetery, visiting and giving gifts to war invalids and martyrs' families, exempting and reducing tuition fees for children of war invalids and martyrs, victims of Agent Orange... All of the above activities are for the purpose of "repaying gratitude" to those people and families who sacrificed their blood and bones for the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, and at the same time taking care of those who have completed their combat and labor duties or have made certain contributions to the Fatherland, to the homeland, to the School... 

Conference to review veteran work in 2019 and plan activities for 2020

The work of organizations and individuals in the School in recent years on the work of war invalids and martyrs is a great effort, but compared to the contributions of war invalids and martyrs, it is still very modest. In the coming time, the School Party Committee pledges to further promote its responsibility for the work of war invalids and martyrs; to raise a vibrant emulation movement everywhere to bring about practical results, in order to make the work of war invalids and martyrs truly become the conscience, responsibility and duty of all living people. On this sacred holiday, I would also like to earnestly call on war invalids and relatives of war invalids and martyrs to further promote the revolutionary tradition, to be exemplary in all local movements, in all fields of work, teaching and learning, thereby actively contributing to the construction of our homeland, country, and the construction of our University of Social Sciences and Humanities to become increasingly stronger.

Thank you very much and wish you all good health!