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Thua Thien-Hue to boost repatriation of martyrs’ remains in Laos

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue plans to search for and repatriate martyrs’ remains in Laos even in the rainy season if it has sufficient information.
Thua Thien-Hue to boost repatriation of martyrs’ remains in Laos ảnh 1The meeting of Thua Thien-Hue's steering board for the search, repatriation and identification of martyrs’ remains on June 13 (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central province of ThuaThien-Hue plans to search for and repatriate martyrs’ remains in Laos even inthe rainy season if it has sufficient information.

Additionally, the search and repatriation acrossthe province will also be stepped up, said the province’s steering board forthe search, repatriation and identification of martyrs’ remains at a meeting onJune 13.

To prepare for the work in the 2019-2020 dry season, theboard said it will accelerate dealing with the collected information aboutmartyrs’ graves, making martyrs’ dossiers, and building the database for thesearch and repatriation at the communal, district and provincial levels.

The board said it will propose the Ministry ofNational Defence continue working with the Vietnam Veterans of America togather information about martyrs’ graves in Phu Loc, A Luoi and Phong Diendistricts.

It will also increase discussing with relevantagencies of Salavan and Sekong to devise the search and repatriation plan inthe Lao provinces before September this year.

In the 2018-2019 dry season, forces of ThuaThien-Hue repatriated 18 sets of martyrs’ remains in Laos and 10 others in theprovince.

According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalidsand Social Affairs, Vietnam has nearly 1.2 million soldiers who laid down theirlives in the wars defending the country and in international missions.-VNA
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