A ceremony was held at the Xa Mat international border gate in Tan Bien district, southern Tay Ninh province on June 30 to welcome home 143 sets of remain of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died in Cambodia during wartime.
They will be laid to rest at the Hill 82 War Heroes Cemetery on July 27, the commemorative day for war heroes and invalids.
The remains have been found and repatriated by search teams of the Military Zone 7 and the Tay Ninh provincial Military Command in the Cambodian provinces of KampongCham (74 sets), Pailin (14 sets), Siem Reap (28 sets) and Tbaeng Meanchey (27 sets).
From the 2001-2002 dry season to now, 2,785 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers died in Cambodia have been brought home with assistance from local Cambodian authorities, army and people.-VNA
They will be laid to rest at the Hill 82 War Heroes Cemetery on July 27, the commemorative day for war heroes and invalids.
The remains have been found and repatriated by search teams of the Military Zone 7 and the Tay Ninh provincial Military Command in the Cambodian provinces of KampongCham (74 sets), Pailin (14 sets), Siem Reap (28 sets) and Tbaeng Meanchey (27 sets).
From the 2001-2002 dry season to now, 2,785 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers died in Cambodia have been brought home with assistance from local Cambodian authorities, army and people.-VNA
