(VOVworld)- More than 60,000 people turned up to pay tribute to General Vo Nguyen Giap at his resting place in Vung Chua-Dao Yen in Quang Binh province in the first 8 days of the Lunar New Year. Colonel Phan Thanh Bong is the Chief of the Roon Border Guard Station in Quang Binh: “Our station prepared a plan to safeguard the General’s tomb around the clock and guide visitors so that they can pay tribute to the General during the Lunar New Year festival. The Border Guard Command of Quang Binh province mobilized another unit to help us fulfill our task”.

General Vo Nguyen Giap died on October 4, 2013 at the age of 103. He was one of the most important figures in Vietnam’s history in the 20^th century after President Ho Chi Minh.