Dong Thap (VNA) – Ceremonies to commemorate and reburyremains of Vietnamese soldiers during wartime took place in the Mekong Deltaprovinces of Dong Thap and An Giang on July 20.
In Dong Thap, following a solemn requiem, 85 remains ofVietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who died in Cambodia, were reburiedat the Tam Nong district martyr cemetery.
Speaking at the ceremony, Chanh Tha, deputy governor of Cambodia’s Prey Veng province, stressed the traditional friendship betweenVietnam and Cambodia, adding that Prey Veng province will continue supportingthe searching and repatriation of Vietnamese soldiers’ remains there.
Since 2001, search team K91 under the Dong Thap militarycommand has carried out 17 searches, unearthing 1,713 sets of remains ofVietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts.
In An Giang, a memorial and reburial service was held for 168volunteer soldiers, who fell down during wartime.
Search team K90 of Military Zone 9 and K93 of the An GiangMilitary High Command found these remains during the 2017 – 2018 dry season.
Of the 168 sets of remains, 130 were unearthed in Cambodia,while the remainder in Vietnam.-VNA
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