Addressing the event, Phuc said the inauguration of the temple reflected the tradition of "remembering the source of water when drinking", and also helped educate generations on patriotic tradition and national pride.
Truong Bon used to be of strategic importance, serving as a connecting point of key routes to supply material and human resources from the north to southern battlefields.
Thousands of young volunteers died at the site while braving US bombings to ensure smooth traffic on this artery road. The 13 members of the Volunteer Youth force were killed on October 31, 1968, just hours before the US officially declared an end to the bombing of north Vietnam.
Phuc requested everyone in the province and nationwide to join hands to improve the lives of families of the fallen.
Truong Bon Temple, built at a cost of VND22.9 billion(US$1.1 million), is part of a project to preserve and upgrade the Truong Bon historic site.
Construction of some works inside the site is in progress, which include a monument and the main display area. Houses in local hamlet 9 will also be repaired and preserved to give visitors some ideas of the lives of local people during the war.
Also yesterday, a requiem for fallen volunteer workers was held at the temple.
More than 1,000 monks and nuns of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha prayed for souls of the fallen and for the country's peace and prosperity.
The event was held to express gratitude to those who dedicated themselves to national liberation on the occasion of the 66th Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Unexploded bombs and explosives remain
A map of bomb and mine pollution will be accomplished by 2015, said Hoang Minh Hong, deputy director of Vietnam Bomb and Mine Clearance Action Centre yesterday.
In doing so, training activities for the bomb clearance teams would be in focus, he said.
The most affected and polluted production areas will be the first ones cleared. The target is 500,000ha, mainly in central provinces, according to Hong.
Victims of unexploded bombs and mines would get support to regain normal lives via job training courses or financial assistance, he said.
For example, the centre was conducting a propramme which guided victims to grow mushrooms and then give them mushroom varieties, he said.
Nguyen Duc Chinh, Deputy Chairman of central Quang Tri Province People's Committee, said information on unexploded bombs and mines and affected areas would be updated regularly.
The statistics of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Soccial Affairs showed 15 million tonnes of bombs, mines and explosives were used during the American War in Vietnam. At the current pace of detecting and defusing unexploded ordnance, it would take the country about 300 years to clear them.
More than 6.6 million hectares of land are affected by unexploded ordnance. About 104,000 people have been injured or killed by them since 1975.