Remains of 25 volunteer soldiers and experts reburied in Dien Bien
VOV.VN - The northern Dien Bien provincial People’s Committee held a memorial service and funeral at Tong Khao Martyr’s Cemetery on June 15 for the reburial of the remains of 25 volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during the past war in Laos.
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At the ceremony, Le Van Quy, vice chairman of Dien Bien province, highlighted that during the past war, Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts promoted the tradition of the unyielding struggle for independence and the spirit of self-sacrifice in the revolutionary causes of the two nations and their special ties .
After the ceremony, local officials and people offered incense and flowers to fallen soldiers at the cemetery.
This is the second time this year that Dien Bien province has received and reburied the remains of martyrs who died in Laos. Earlier, on January 12, the province held a memorial service and funerals at Tong Khao cemetery for the remains of 9 fallen soldiers.
