K53 team of Kon Tum begins dry-season search for Vietnamese soldiers' remains in Laos
The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum held a ceremony on November 5 to send off the province's team in charge of searching for and repatriating remains of volunteer martyrs and experts who died in Laos and Cambodia during wartime (Team K5) on its mission in the 2022-2023 dry season.
Kon Tum (VNA) – The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum held a ceremony on November 5 to send off the province's team in charge of searching for and repatriating remains of volunteer martyrs and experts who died in Laos and Cambodia during wartime (Team K53) on its mission in the 2022-2023 dry season.
The team K53 will conduct the search in Attapeu, Sekong and Champasak provinces ofLaos and Rattanakiri province of Cambodia during the dry season of 2022-2023.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairwoman ofthe provincial People's Committee Y Ngoc said that the search for and repatriation of remains of fallen soldiers in the two neighbouring countries of Laos andCambodia is an extremely difficult task but a noble one, requiring each officer andsoldier to uphold the sense of responsibility and determination to overcome challengesto successfully complete the assigned duties.
The official asked Team K53 membersto contribute to enhancing thetraditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperationbetween the three countries Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in general, and betweenKon Tum province and other provinces in particular.
🦩 Since the 1994-1995 dry season to now, the K53 team of Kon Tum has found and repatriated2,050 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts from Cambodia andLaos. The remains were re-buried in the war martyrs' cemetery of Ngoc Hoi district./.
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At the event. (Photo: VNA) 
