Vung Chua-Dao Yen area in Quang Dong Commune, Quang Trach District in central Quang Binh province will be the final resting place for General Vo Nguyen Giap.
General Giap at Vung Chua-Dao Yen during a holiday to his hometown. Photo by Tienphong
The party secretary of Quang Binh Province, Luong Ngoc Binh, has just confirmed this with DTiNews.
According to Mr. Binh, the place was decided at a meeting held yesterday afternoon by the Committee for General Vo Nguyen Giap's funeral along with his family.
This is also the place that the General and his family had chosen to be his final resting place.
Vung Chua area is surrounded by three islets, namely La, Gio and Nom.
There are many swallows living on Nom Islet so it is also called Dao Yen or Swallow Islet, and is 10 hectares in area.
Vung Chua - Dao Yen lies two kilometres off the mainland and is about 10 kilometres south of Ngang Mountain Pass. This is a beautiful place with lovely natural scenery.
According to the General's funeral plan announced at the meeting, after the memorial service at the National Morgue at No. 5, Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi on the morning of October 13, the General’s coffin will be transported by plane to Vung Chua-Dao Yen, where he will be buried the same day.
