General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith met with former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, experts, alumni in Laos and young representatives from both Vietnam and Laos in Hanoi on September 11.

VOV.VN - While people on the mainland nationwide are celebrating the 79th National Day on September 2, officers and soldiers stationed on the islands of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago remain highly vigilant and keep a firm grip on weapons with the determination to defend the fatherland in any circumstances.

A monument to the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers participating in the defence of Moscow in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) was unveiled at Patriot Park in the suburb of the Russian capital on August 12.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri on August 11 organised an artistic programme at the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Special Historical Site and the Thach Han River lantern wharf to honour fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives for national liberation and freedom and deliver a message on the desire for peace.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence jointly organised a ceremony at the Vietnam-Cambodia friendship monument in Phnom Penh on July 26, observing a minute of silence and offering flowers and incense to commemorate fallen heroes.

VOV.VN - The remains of 88 local soldiers who sacrificed their lives during previous conflicts in both Cambodia and Vietnam were finally laid to rest on July 24 at the Doc Ba Dac Martyrs' Cemetery in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The southern border province of Long An on July 18 received and laid to rest the remains of 130 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who fell down in Cambodia.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and of Cambodia's Koh Kong province have signed a document on the repatriation of the remains of 10 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers unearthed in the latter in the 2023-2024 dry season.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held at Xa Mat international border gate in Tay Ninh province on June 28 to receive 172 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who had died in Cambodia during the past war.

VOV.VN - A memorial and burial service for the remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos was held on June 19 at Tong Khao martyr cemetery in Thanh Nua commune in northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.