A ceremony was held at the Binh Hiep International Border Gate in southern Long An province’s Kien Tuong town on January 27 to receive the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Cambodian battlefields during the wartime.
The event was attended by representatives from the Military Zone 7, the Long An provincial People’s Committee and Cambodia’s S’Vay Rieng province.
The 20 sets of remains, including one identified, were collected by the search team K73 of Long An province’s Military Command during the first phase of the 2014-2015 dry season.
The figure raised the total sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers gathered by the team between 2001 and 2015 to 2,028, with 158 being identified.
In the coming time, the province will increase the search for, gathering and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia based on sources provided by both countries’ organisations and individuals.-VNA
The event was attended by representatives from the Military Zone 7, the Long An provincial People’s Committee and Cambodia’s S’Vay Rieng province.
The 20 sets of remains, including one identified, were collected by the search team K73 of Long An province’s Military Command during the first phase of the 2014-2015 dry season.
The figure raised the total sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers gathered by the team between 2001 and 2015 to 2,028, with 158 being identified.
In the coming time, the province will increase the search for, gathering and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia based on sources provided by both countries’ organisations and individuals.-VNA
