Remembrance

Mrs. Nakamura Nobuko and her husband, agronomist Luong Dinh Cua, when they were young. Fate brought these two people together, and they built a beautiful love and a beautiful family. And his great career, with all his dedication to science, had created the golden crops, fragrant flowers, and sweet fruits in Vietnamese fields. His aspiration seems to have always beckoned and ignited the fire in the hearts of young people of successive generations. They met each other when he was an international student at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. She married him in October 1945, at the age of 22, while she was working in the laboratory of Kyushu University. At that time, he was a poor student who could not afford a wedding gift for his wife. His mother-in-law cooked for her daughter's wedding ceremony by herself. In 1946, he went to Kyoto to study Agriculture and graduated with first-class honors. He successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on genetics to create new rice varieties. He … [Read more...] about In the remembrance of Mrs. Nakamura Nobuko

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (centre) offers incenses at the Quảng Trị Citadel. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất QUẢNG TRỊ — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Friday offered incense at the Quảng Trị Citadel in Quảng Trị Province — a famous relic that is considered a 'cemetery without graves', to remember all the soldiers who passed away for the cause of protecting the country. It was a part of a programme for the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Quảng Trị. President Phúc and his delegation respectfully expressed their infinite gratitude of the martyrs’ great merits, who dedicated their youth and lives to the Fatherland’s independence and freedom. During the resistance war, in the brave and courageous fight to defend the citadel and Quảng Trị Town over 81 days in the summer of 1972 (from June 28 to September 16), the ancient citadel of Quảng Trị has gone into the national history as a shining milestone of revolutionary heroism. Thousands of soldiers are forever buried in … [Read more...] about President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc offers incense in Quảng Trị

The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the capital in the early afternoon, said Besmullah Habib, deputy spokesman for the interior ministry, who said the official confirmed death toll was 10. The attack came as worshippers at the Sunni mosque gathered after Friday prayers for a congregation known as Zikr - an act of religious remembrance practised by some Muslims but seen as heretical by some hardline Sunni groups. Sayed Fazil Agha, the head of the mosque, said someone they believed was a suicide bomber joined them in the ceremony and detonated explosives. "Black smoke rose and spread everywhere, dead bodies were everywhere," he told Reuters , adding that his nephews were among the dead. "I myself survived, but lost my beloved ones." Resident Mohammad Sabir said he had seen wounded people being loaded into ambulances. "The blast was very loud, I thought my eardrums were cracked," he said. A health source said hospitals had received 66 dead bodies and 78 … [Read more...] about Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says