29 martyr remains from Laos reburied in Thua Thien-Hue
(VOV) -The remains of 29 volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts, killed on battlefield in Laos, were reburied at the central Thua Thien-Hue province’s martyrs’ cemetery on May 9.
The remains of martyr Phan Toan were brought home by his family and will be re-intered at a martyrs’ cemetery in Ha Tinh province.
Phan Ngoc Tho, Deputy Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee, expressed deep gratitude for the martyrs’ ultimate sacrifice for the country’s independence and freedom as well as for the international missions in Laos, which helps strengthen the two countries’ special friendship ties.
The 30 martyrs’ remains were found by soldiers from the Thua Thien-Hue Military Command during a six month search in Laos’ Salavan and Sekong provinces.
Over the past 20 years, the team has visited 800 mountainous and remote villages in these two provinces and repatriated more than 700 soldiers’ and experts’ remains.