Cambodia repatriates remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers
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.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Authoritiesof Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province and Vietnam’s Military Zone 9 held aceremony to repatriate remains of 24 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts whodied in Cambodia on May 16.
It was the 16th repatriation of the remains unearthed during the 2017-2017 dry season.
Speaking at the event, Vice GovernorCheng Nhann and Major General Chhon Thoeun of Kampong Chhnang province expressedtheir gratitude to Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts for laying downtheir lives to save Cambodian people from genocide.
They pledged all possible support forthe search, reburial and repatriation of the Vietnamese martyrs in Cambodia.
As scheduled on May 17, the CambodianRoyal Army, authorities of Kandal province and Military Zone 9 will make thehand-over of remains of 27 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts.
Since 2002, the Military Zone 9, andauthorities, armies and peoples of Kampong, Chhnang, Kandal and Kampong Speu havejointly found 6,849 remains of Vietnamese martyrs.
The same day, a re-burial ceremonywas held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak for 14 remains ofVietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives on thebattlefields in Cambodia.-VNA
The Central Highland province of Gia Lai on May 11 held a memorial and burial service for the remains of 29 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in the battlefields of Cambodia during wartime.
The central province of Thanh Hoa held a ceremony on May 11 to re-bury 21 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts repatriated from Laos.
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