Hero Kostas Sarantidis - Nguyen Van Lap laid to rest in Da Nang

  • People offer condolence to family members of Hero Kostas Sarantidis at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
    People offer condolence to family members of Hero Kostas Sarantidis at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
  • People pay tribute to Hero Kostas Sarantidis at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
    People pay tribute to Hero Kostas Sarantidis at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
  • A hearse carrying Hero Kostas Sarantidis's coffin to the Military Region 5 Cemetery for the burial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
    A hearse carrying Hero Kostas Sarantidis's coffin to the Military Region 5 Cemetery for the burial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
  • People walk past Hero Kostas Sarantidis's coffin at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
    People walk past Hero Kostas Sarantidis's coffin at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
  • Soldiers carry Hero Kostas Sarantidis's coffin to the funeral car at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
    Soldiers carry Hero Kostas Sarantidis's coffin to the funeral car at the memorial service. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm
A memorial service was held in central Da Nang city on August 2 for Hero of the People’s Armed Forces Kostas Sarantidis - Nguyen Van Lap, a man who held Greek and Vietnamese nationalities and joined the Vietnamese people in the resistance war against the French colonialists. Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, Military Region 5, the Da Nang administration, along with local people came to pay tribute to the deceased who passed away in Athens on June 25, 2021, at the age of 94. VNA Photo: Trần Lê Lâm

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