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Indonesia will repatriate over 200 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested for fishing in Indonesia’s seas next week.

Vietnam’s Embassy in Japan and Consulate General in Fukuoka prefecture have worked to repatriate the body of a student who drowned in Fukuoka.

Indonesia on July 26 repatriated 65 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested in April and May for accidently fishing in Indonesia’s seas.

A burial service was held at the Hill 82 Cemetery in Tay Ninh province on July 26 to re-bury the remains of 344 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers.

Representatives of the national steering committee for searching for and repatriating Vietnamese martyrs’ remains have paid a working visit to China to discuss cooperation in the field.

Indonesia on December 23 repatriated 42 Vietnamese fishermen who had been arrested when fishing in the archipelago nation’s exclusive economic zone.

Four boxes of remains thought to be of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam were handed over to a US agency at a repatriation ceremony held at Noi Bai International Airport on December 12.