At the ceremony in An Giang province (Photo: VNA) An Giang (VNA) – The southern provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang on July 25 held memorial and reburial services for remains ofVietnamese soldiers, including 58 sets of volunteer soldiers who fell in Cambodia during wartime.
In An Giang, the remains of 68 fallensoldiers were laid to rest at the Doc Ba Dac Martyrs’ Cemetery in Tinh Biendistrict.
The remains were found by search teams K90 ofthe Military Zone 9 and K93 of the Military Command of An Giang province duringthe dry season of 2021-2022 in Cambodia’s Kandal, Kong Pong Chnang, Takeo, and Kom Pong Speu provinces, and in Tri Ton and Tinh Biendistrict of An Giang.
Speaking atthe ceremony, Chairman of the An Giang provincial People’s Committee NguyenThanh Binh expressed his deep gratitude for the great sacrifices madeby the martyrs in the wars to protect the border and to fulfill their nobleinternational duty.
Binh, who is also head of the Steering Committee on Search and Repatriationof Remains of Fallen Soldiers (Steering Committee 515) at Military Zone 9,thanked wholehearted support of the local authorities and people, and those fromCambodia for creating favourable conditions and providing a lot of information for K90 andK93 teams, helping them complete their tasks.
Meanwhile, in Kien Giang province, the remains of 20Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in the Cambodianbattlefield, were re-buried at the martyrs’ cemetery in Hon Dat district.
in Kien Giang province, the remains of 20 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts were re-buried at the martyrs’ cemetery in Hon Dat district (Photo: VNA)
The remains were found by the Kien Giang provincialMilitary High Command’s team K92 in the Cambodian provinces of Kampot and KohKong.
Since 2001, K92 teamhas found and repatriated 2,080 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts from Cambodia./.
