More Vietnamese fallen soldiers' remains repatriated from Cambodia
VOV.VN - 21 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts from Cambodia during the 2016-2017 dry season have been handed over to the southern province of Long An.
At a June 26 conference to review the repatriation, the team for searching and repatriating fallen soldiers' remains said it helped move and rebury 38 sets of remains of martyrs who laid down their lives in domestic battlefields.
On this occasion, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Can presented certificates of merit to five collectives and ten individuals who made important contributions to the search and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese martyrs who died in Cambodia.Also during the 2016-2017 dry season, two teams in Tay Ninh province collected 263 sets of remains of Vietnamese martyrs in Cambodia.
From the 2001-2002 dry season until now, they discovered and repatriated 4,131 sets of remains of martyrs from Cambodia.