
VOV.VN - A memorial and reburial service was held on May 24 at the Nghi Loc district Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of Nghe An for the remains of 87 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos during wartime.
The ceremony was attended by leaders of Military Zone 4 High Command and the Nghe An provincial administration, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.
These remains were found and collected together by the Nghe An Provincial Military Command’s martyr remains search team during the 2023 - 2024 dry season.
Addressing the ceremony, Bui Dinh Long, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, expressed his deep gratitude to the Lao Government and people, especially those in three northern Lao provinces of Xiangkhouang, Vientiane, and Xaisomboun, for creating favourable conditions for the Vietnamese search team to complete their tasks.
Ahead of the burial ceremony, the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An province in co-ordination with the Nghi Loc District Medical Center and the martyrs’ remains research team collected biological samples from the 87 martyrs’ remains to hand over them to the National Forensic Institute for DNA testing, adding to the DNA database to serve DNA determination.
VOV.VN - The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 21 held a solemn ceremony to rebury 12 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos during the past war.
VOV.VN - Over 21,200 sets of remains of martyrs have been recovered since 2013, including over 3,300 sets found in Laos and nearly 7,600 sets discovered in Cambodia, helping to consolidate public confidence in Party and State policies, heard a conference held on May 15 in Hanoi.
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