
Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi onDecember 12 to mark the 30th anniversary of bilateral cooperation in searchingfor US soldiers missing in action (MIA) in the war in Vietnam.
The event was held by the Vietnamese Office forSeeking Missing Persons and the US Department Defence’s Prisoner of War/MIAAccounting Agency.
Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy inVietnam Caryn McClelland thanked the Vietnamese Government and people forsupporting the search for MIAs over the three decades.
She affirmed that her country wants to continuecooperating with Vietnam in this activity, as well as others addressing warconsequences in the Southeast Asian nation.
Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said noother bilateral cooperation fields have achieved the level, scale, scope andduration as the seeking of MIA soldiers.
The search has helped bring peace to manyfamilies in the US and enhanced the two peoples’ understanding of each other’sgoodwill, he added.
For his part, Deputy Minister of Defence Sen.Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh emphasised that searching activities over the last 30years have helped not only settle war consequences but also opened the door forrelations between Vietnam and the US.
The officer thanked the governments, people,localities and agencies of the two countries for assisting in this activity. Healso noted his respect for the US and Vietnamese people who lost their lives inthe MIA search.
At the ceremony, the US Embassy and theVietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented insignias to Vietnamese and Americanindividuals, agencies and localities who have greatly contributed to thework.-VNA