Vietnamese women who contributed to the resistance wars against the
French and the Americans have long inspired 55-year-old sculptor Lai Thi
Kim Thanh, a native of Long An Province who now lives in HCM City.
Although Heroic Mother Tran Thi Xua of Ben Tre
Province lost her only son to the American war, she is never alone,
having been supported by local organisations since that time, and
honoured each year on War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July...