A search team from Military Zone No 2 retrieved these remains with assistance from soldiers and local civilians in the areas of Laos where the remains were found.

A seventh set of remains was identified as Tran Van Bao, born in 1944 in Bac Giang province. He was brought back to his homeland by his family.

Since 1995, Dien Bien province has received and interred the remains of nearly 1,500 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died on Lao battlefields.