Reburial service for soldier remains repatriated from Laos, Cambodia
Reburial service held for soldier remains repatriated from Laos, Cambodia
The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum held a memorial service and re-buried 16 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during wartime in Laos and Cambodia.
Kon Tum (VNA) – The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum held amemorial service and re-buried 16 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteersoldiers and experts who laid down their lives during wartime in Laos andCambodia.
The event was attended by representatives from the Government’s specialisedcommittee on searching and repatriating volunteer soldiers’ remains,delegations from Laos’s Attapeu, Sekong and Champasak provinces, and Cambodia’sRatanakiri province.
Duringthe 2017-2018 dry season, the search team of the provincial Military HighCommand repatriated 16 sets of martyrs’ remains.
Of the total, 10 sets of remains were found in Rattanakiri province and sixothers in Laos’s Attapeu, Sekong and Champasak provinces.
Many personal belongings of the fallen soldiers were found along with theremains, including rifles, water containers and combs.-VNA
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At the memorial service (Photo: VNA) 
