More Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ remains repatriated from Cambodia

January 25, 2024 - 15:50

The provincial Steering Committee for search, collection and identification of fallen soldiers’ remains (Steering Committee 515) in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on January 25 held a ceremony at Bình Hiệp international border gate to receive 34 boxes of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the battlefields in Cambodia during wartime.

Remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the battlefields in Cambodia during wartime is repatriated to the Mekong Delta province of Long An. — VNA/VNS photo

LONG AN — The provincial Steering Committee for search, collection and identification of fallen soldiers’ remains (Steering Committee 515) in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on January 25 held a ceremony at Bình Hiệp international border gate to receive 34 boxes of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the battlefields in Cambodia during wartime.

The remains were found in Cambodia’s Pailin, Battambang and Svay provinces during the first phase in the 2023-2024 dry season. Search activities were conducted at 62 locations, and the construction of an area to worship and keep remains of Vietnamese soldiers and experts in the Pailin military sub-region started.

More Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ remains repatriated from Cambodia

Since 2001, a team in charge of the work has searched, gathered and repatriated remains of 2,401 martyrs. — VNS

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