(Photo for illustration) These sets of remains were found by the search team of Military Region 2 under the support of Laos’ localities. They were reburied in Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery in Thanh Nua commune, Dien Bien district. At the ceremony, leaders and people in Dien Bien laid wreaths and offered incense in commemoration of contributions of the fallen soldiers to the independence of the two countries. The same day, thanks to information from local people, search team 584 of Quang Tri Provincial Military Command gathered 11 sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers and their belongings, such as rubber sandals, purses, belts, mirrors and combs in Tan My village, Hai Le commune, Quang Tri town, Quang Tri province. Translated by Chung Anh
A ceremony was held in Prach Ta Meth village, Khsach Kandal district, Kandal province, Cambodia, to repatriate 56 remains of Vietnamese martyrs to their hometowns. Remains of Vietnamese martyrs repatriated from Laos Speaking at the ceremony, Kandal governor Khun Sirun expressed his special thanks for Vietnamese people and soldiers' great sacrifice, helping Cambodia escape the genocidal Pol Pot regime and revive the nation. He said Cambodia considers cooperation with Vietnam in searching and repatriating remains of Vietnamese martyrs as its responsibility and sacred duty. The 56 remains were found in Kandal province during six months of the dry season in…... [read more]
A ceremony was held at the Binh Hiep International Border Gate insouthern Long An province’s Kien Tuong town on January 27 to receive theremains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Cambodianbattlefields during the wartime.The event was attended byrepresentatives from the Military Zone 7, the Long An provincialPeople’s Committee and Cambodia’s S’Vay Rieng province.The20 sets of remains, including one identified, were collected by thesearch team K73 of Long An province’s Military Command during the firstphase of the 2014-2015 dry season.The figure raised the totalsets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers gathered by the team between 2001and 2015 to 2,028, with 158…... [read more]
The north-central province of Thanh Hoa held a ceremony on May 5 to receive and rebury remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and specialists who died in Laos during international missions. In the dry season of 2008-2009, the special working group of the provincial military command found the remains of 11 soldiers in the Lao province of Hua Phan. Ten of them are unknown, but one has been identified as Nguyen Tat Nhung, born in Tan Son commune, Do Luong district, Nghe An province. His remains were sent back to his home land. Over more than 10 years, the group of…... [read more]
A ceremony was held at the Tay Trang border gate, Dien Bien district in the northwestern province of the same name on May 28 to receive 21 sets of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers, had died during their international mission in Laos. The ceremony was held by representatives from the special working group under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the General Department of Politics under the Ministry of Defence and the High Command’s military zone. At the memorial service at the cemetery, representatives from Udom Xai and Luang Prabang provinces in Laos and leaders from Dien Bien…... [read more]
Two sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, who laid down their lives in Laos during the wars, were reburied in their home province of Ha Tay on July 15. One of the soldiers was Nguyen Tien Tai from Quoc Oai district who was born in 1940 and died in 1973. The other was Mai Van Thuc from Ba Vi district who born in 1942 and died in 1970. The memorial service was attended by representatives of the provincial authorities and local people. Earlier on July 14, the northern province of Phu Tho also received and reburied two sets of…... [read more]
