The event saw the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and representatives from many ministries and agencies along with American veterans who ever joined the Vietnamese war as well as foreign investors.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the event
Michen William, an Australian visitor, said that he knew about the massacre through the media, so he and his friends joined the ceremony to commemorate the people who died.
People who survived in the massacre burn incense to commemorate the victims
Former State President Truong Tan Sang and his wife
Foreign visitors
Foreign reporters at the event
The massacre which took place in two hamlets of My Lai village on 16 March 1968 killed between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians.
