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.
A ceremony was held on May 13 in Vientiane, Laos, to hand over and repatriate two sets of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed in the Lao capital city.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a ritual at National Martyrs Cemetery A1 in Dien Bien Phu city on May 10 morning to commemorate officers, soldiers and young volunteers who laid down their lives during the Dien Bien Phu campaign over French colonialism 70 years ago.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party and State leaders on May 6 laid wreaths, offered incense and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the A1 National Martyrs Cemetery in Dien Bien province ahead of a grand ceremony marking 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonialism.
A ceremony was held at the Vi Xuyen National Martyrs’ Cemetery in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on April 17 to pay tribute to and re-bury remains of nine soldiers who fell down in the battles defending the northern border.
VOV.VN - The People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of southern Tay Ninh province held a memorial and burial ceremony at Martyrs’ Cemetery Hill 82 on February 2 for the remains of 125 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives during international missions in Cambodia.
A building for preserving remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives during wartime in Cambodia was inaugurated at a ceremony held on January 31.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has called for expanding international cooperation in the search for, collection and identification of remains of fallen soldiers.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and the four Cambodian provinces of Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kam Pot and Kep on November 15 agreed to continue cooperation in searching, gathering and repatriating remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime.
The Vietnamese and Cambodian governments on October 24 agreed to maintain their close coordination and increase efficiency of bilateral cooperation in the search for, gathering and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime.