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Remains of 107 martyrs repatriated from Laos reburied in Nghe An

The central province of Nghe An on May 12 held a burial ceremony for 107 volunteer soldiers and experts falling down in Laos, whose remains were found and repatriated in the 2016-2017 dry season.
Remains of 107 martyrs repatriated from Laos reburied in Nghe An ảnh 1Illustrative Image (Source: VNA)
NgheAn (VNA) – The central province of Nghe An onMay 12 held a burial ceremony for 107 volunteer soldiers and experts fallingdown in Laos, whose remains were found and repatriated in the 2016-2017 dryseason.

Present at the event was Minister of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, Secretary of the Nghe An Party Committee NguyenDac Phong, and representatives from the Ministry of Defence, Government, MilitaryZone 4 and special working groups from the Lao Government and Xieng Khouang,Vientiane and Xaysomboun.

Over the past years, the special working groups of Vietnamand Laos, the Steering Committee for the Search and Collection of Martyrs’Remains, as well as Nghe An and the three Laos provinces have coordinatedclosely in searching for remains of Vietnamese martyrs in Laos.

In the 2016-2017 dry season alone, 104 sets of remains of volunteerVietnamese soldiers and experts were found in Laos and three sets of remainswere searched in Ky Son district of Nghe An.

According to Minister Dao Ngoc Dung, currently, about over200,000 martyrs’ remains are still in Laos and former battlefields acrossVietnam.

In the past five years, authorized agencies have repatriatedmore than 12,000 sets of remains, while the names of more than 300,000 martyrshave yet been defined.

On the occasion of the 70th Day for Martyrs and War Invalids,Dung called for the entire community to exert efforts to care for the revolutioncontributors and invalids.-VNA
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