Berlin, July 22 -- A delegation led by Chairman of the Vietnam War Veterans Association in Berlin-Brandenburg Nguyen Trong Nghia on July 21 visited families of fallen soldiers in Berlin to pay their respects ahead of the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27).

Stopping at the homes of three martyrs' families living in the German capital, the delegation offered warm greetings, asked about the families' health and daily lives, and listened as relatives shared stories of sacrifice and their ongoing efforts to hold onto Vietnam's revolutionary traditions while putting down roots in a second homeland.

At the residence of Dinh Thi Ngoc Thanh, whose father Dinh Van Lac enlisted in the army in 1951 and died in combat in 196...