At the event (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) - A delegation led byVietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh offered incense to fallensoldiers at the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh onDecember 21.
The event was part of activities to mark the 31st anniversary of Vietnam’s All People’s Defence Festival and the 76th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22).
A delegation from the Royal Cambodian Army led byDefence Ministry Secretary of State Gen. El Van Sarat also attended.
They observed a minute’s silence for Vietnamesevoluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the war.
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers andexperts died while performing international duty in Cambodia during wartime,and the remains of many of them are still not found. The Governments of the twocountries have coordinated to conduct search for and repatriate the remains formany years.
Over the last two decades, the An Giang provincialMilitary Command’s Team K93 has collected and repatriated 1,956 remains ofmartyrs who were Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts in Cambodia, 251 of whomhave been identified.
Earlier, on December 18 and 19, the VietnameseConsulates General in Preah Sihanouk and Battambang provinces also organisedincense offering ceremonies in memory of Vietnamese war heroes who sacrificed theirlives in Cambodia./.
The event was part of activities to mark the 31st anniversary of Vietnam’s All People’s Defence Festival and the 76th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22).
A delegation from the Royal Cambodian Army led byDefence Ministry Secretary of State Gen. El Van Sarat also attended.
They observed a minute’s silence for Vietnamesevoluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the war.
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers andexperts died while performing international duty in Cambodia during wartime,and the remains of many of them are still not found. The Governments of the twocountries have coordinated to conduct search for and repatriate the remains formany years.
Over the last two decades, the An Giang provincialMilitary Command’s Team K93 has collected and repatriated 1,956 remains ofmartyrs who were Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts in Cambodia, 251 of whomhave been identified.
Earlier, on December 18 and 19, the VietnameseConsulates General in Preah Sihanouk and Battambang provinces also organisedincense offering ceremonies in memory of Vietnamese war heroes who sacrificed theirlives in Cambodia./.
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