Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Thanh and military leaders participated in the reburial of remains of eight Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives while serving on the Lao battlefield. — VNA/VNS Photo

HUẾ — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Thanh attended a memorial, requiem and burial ceremony on Friday at the Hue Martyrs’ Cemetery in the central city Huế for the remains of eight Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives while serving on the Lao battlefield.

The ceremony was jointly organised by the municipal Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee of the city.

Paying tribute before the spirits of the fallen heroes, Thanh, together with Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Việt Nam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General Lê Quang Minh, Commander of Military Region 4 Lieutenant General Hà Thọ Bình, local leaders and armed forces representatives, offered incense and flowers in remembrance of those who bravely fought and sacrificed for national independence and freedom as well as for noble international duties.

Expressing profound gratitude to the martyrs, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Mạnh affirmed that the Party organisation, armed forces and people of Huế will forever remember their immense sacrifices for the enduring existence of the nation.

He described the search and repatriation of Vietnamese soldiers’ remains from Laos as a sacred and meaningful task, reflecting the responsibility and gratitude of the living toward those who had fallen for the revolutionary causes of both Việt Nam and Laos.

Mạnh said the city will continue directing relevant agencies and forces to intensify the search and repatriation work, and implement DNA testing for unidentified martyrs’ graves.

Following the requiem ceremony, the remains were laid to rest at the Huế Martyrs’ Cemetery.

During the 2025–26 dry season, Team 192 under the Huế Military Command coordinated closely with Lao authorities and local forces to successfully search for, exhume and repatriate the eight sets of remains safely back to their homeland. — VNA/VNS