Alongside the police forces, military units are the first to arrive in the most dangerous, landslide-prone, and flood-affected areas with difficult access. They unite in efforts to assist local authorities and residents in rescue operations and recovery from storms and floods, leaving a positive impression on the people and enhancing the proud tradition and shining qualities of the soldiers known as "Uncle Ho's soldiers."
A delegation from the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been set to sign pacts with the four Cambodian provinces of Koh Kong, PreahSihanouk, Kampot, and Kep on cooperation in the search for and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodian during wartime.
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith met with former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, experts, alumni in Laos and young representatives from both Vietnam and Laos in Hanoi on September 11.
Party General Secretary and President To Lam on September 9 extended his deep sympathies to people and soldiers who have been affected by typhoon Yagi that hit northern provinces and cities two days ago.
A monument to the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers participating in the defence of Moscow in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) has been unveiled recently at Patriot Park in the suburb of the Russian capital.
