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 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 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.

A ceremony was held at the Tong Khao martyr’s cementary in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on June 23 to rebury the remains of eight Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos during the wartime.

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.

VOV.VN - The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai held memorial and burial services on May 25 at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Duc Co district for the remains of 22 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who lost their lives during historical conflicts in Cambodia.

A memorial ceremony and a reburial service was held in the central province of Ha Tinh on May 23 to pay final respects and rebury the remains of 10 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 19 held memorial and burial services for Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Salavan and Sekong provinces of Laos.