Localities across the country are continuing with efforts to search forand gather remains of fallen soldiers 40 years after the end of the war.
At a conference on the issue held by the southernprovince of Binh Phuoc on May 11, Nguyen Huy Phong, Vice Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee instructed promoting the use of massmedia communication in the search for martyr remains.
He askedthe provincial military command and local Steering Committee on theSearch and Repatriation of the Remains of the Fallen Soldiers to sortand systemise information on martyrs and possible search locationswhile focusing on international cooperation to recover martyr remains inCambodia.
In 2014, the province’s militarycommand found and laid to rest the remains of 33 martyrs killed in thelocality; only four of them were identified. Local teams alsorepatriated 99 sets of remains from Cambodia.
Elsewhere, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang held a ceremonyon May 11 to re-bury the remains of five fallen soldiers at the ViXuyen War Martyrs Cemetery. The remains were found on May 6 and believedto be of soldiers who were killed during the border war nearly 30 yearsago.
According to the Steering Committee onthe Search and Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers, 6,093 sets ofremains have been found and laid to rest since 2012.-VNA
At a conference on the issue held by the southernprovince of Binh Phuoc on May 11, Nguyen Huy Phong, Vice Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee instructed promoting the use of massmedia communication in the search for martyr remains.
He askedthe provincial military command and local Steering Committee on theSearch and Repatriation of the Remains of the Fallen Soldiers to sortand systemise information on martyrs and possible search locationswhile focusing on international cooperation to recover martyr remains inCambodia.
In 2014, the province’s militarycommand found and laid to rest the remains of 33 martyrs killed in thelocality; only four of them were identified. Local teams alsorepatriated 99 sets of remains from Cambodia.
Elsewhere, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang held a ceremonyon May 11 to re-bury the remains of five fallen soldiers at the ViXuyen War Martyrs Cemetery. The remains were found on May 6 and believedto be of soldiers who were killed during the border war nearly 30 yearsago.
According to the Steering Committee onthe Search and Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers, 6,093 sets ofremains have been found and laid to rest since 2012.-VNA
