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More Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ remains repatriated from Cambodia

The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on May 25 held memorial and burial services at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Duc Co district for the remains of 22 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who fell down in Cambodia during the wartime.
More Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ remains repatriated from Cambodia ảnh 1Memorial and burial services for the remains of 22 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who fell down in Cambodia during the wartime are held in the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Duc Co district (Photo: VNA) 

Gia Lai (VNA) - The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of GiaLai on May 25 held memorial and burial services at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Duc Co district for the remains of 22Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who fell down in Cambodia during the wartime.

Theremains were searched and repatriated by Team K52 under the Gia Lai MilitaryHigh Command and the Military Regions 1 and4 of the Royal Cambodian Army in the 2022-2023 dry season.

Delegates respectfully offered flowers and incense toexpress their great gratitude to martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the peaceof both nations and international missions.

More Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ remains repatriated from Cambodia ảnh 2The remains of volunteer soldiers are reburied (Photo: VNA) 

Addressing the event, Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich said the nation will continue to preserveand nurture the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia.

The search and repatriation of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Cambodia started in 2000.

Establishedin 2001, Team K52, with assistance from the Royal Cambodian Army, has so far found and reburied the remains of1,468 Vietnamese  volunteer soldiers from Cambodia./.

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