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 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.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held on May 30 in the southern Laotian province of Attapeu to hand over and repatriate the remains of eight Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the neighbouring country.

VOV.VN - A memorial and reburial service was held on May 24 at the Nghi Loc district Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central province of Nghe An for the remains of 87 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos during wartime.

A ceremony was held on May 19 in the Lao southern province of Saravane to hand over and repatriate the remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Saravane and Sekong provinces.

Forty-three remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives during wars in Cambodia, arrived home on January 25, with the repatriation ceremony held at the Hoa Lu international border gate in the southern province of Binh Phuoc’s Loc Ninh district.

VOV.VN - Cambodia always remembers the sacrifices and heroic fights of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in the 1979 revolution to overthrow the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime, said Samdech Techo Hun Sen, chairman of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP).

The assistance provided by Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts to Laos in the past is priceless, helping foster the cooperative relations and friendship between the two nations, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security of Laos, Gen. Vilay Lakhamphong, has stated.

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.

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.