The Hanoi People’s Court on July 28 announced sentences for each of the 54 defendants in the case of “repatriation flights” after three weeks of trial and deliberation.

The search and repatriation of remains of soldiers, officials and people who laid down their lives to safeguard the Fatherland and perform international mission have received great attention from the Party, State, administration, localities and military units with the highest political determination and responsibility.

VOV.VN - Fifty-four defendants involved in the repatriation flight scandal is standing a month-long trial which started in Hanoi on July 11.

Remains of 83 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed during the war in Cambodia were repatriated via Hoa Lu international border gate in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on June 30.

VOV.VN - A ceremony to transfer one set of remains believed to be of American servicemen who died during the Vietnam War was held at Da Nang International Airport on June 27.

The Vietnamese and Lao Governments’ special working committees on search, collection and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed in Laos during wartime convened their 28th meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on June 19.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held at the martyr cemetery of Ngoc Hoi district in Kon Tum province on June 10 to re-bury remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during international missions in Laos and Cambodia.

Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung and 53 others have been prosecuted for their alleged involvement in the case of offering, brokering, and taking bribes, abusing positions or power while performing duties, and swindling to appropriate assets at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Hanoi, and some other localities.

An investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security on March 15 officially launched probes into a former staff member of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and eight others for suspected wrongdoings related to repatriation flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision to impose a disciplinary measure of warning on Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office for his violations and shortcomings in his work.