More martyrs’ remains repatriated from Cambodia in dry season
The team for searching and repatriating martyrs’ remains of the southern province of Long An brought home 21 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and experts from Cambodia during the 2016-2017 dry season.
A ceremony to rebury martyrs' remains recovered from Cambodia in June 9, 2017 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The team forsearching and repatriating martyrs’ remains of the southern province of Long Anbrought home 21 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers and expertsfrom Cambodia during the 2016-2017 dry season.
At a conference to review the work on June26, the team also revealed that it helped move and rebury 38 sets of remains ofmartyrs who laid down their lives in domestic battlefields.
On this occasion, Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Tran Van Can presented certificates of merit to fivecollectives and ten individuals who made important contributions to the searchand repatriation of remains of Vietnamese martyrs who died in Cambodia.
Also during the 2016-2017 dry season, twoteams for searching and repatriating martyrs’ remains in Tay Ninh provincecollected 263 sets of remains of Vietnamese martyrs in Cambodia.
From the 2001-2002 dry season until now,the two teams discovered and repatriated 4,131 sets of remains of martyrs fromCambodia.-VNA
Authorities of Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province and Vietnam’s Military Zone 9 held a ceremony to repatriate remains of 24 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia on May 16.
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A ceremony to rebury martyrs' remains recovered from Cambodia in June 9, 2017 (Photo: VNA) 
