National Steering Committee 515 inspects the search and collection of martyrs' remains in Nghe An

Receiving and working with the delegation were Colonel Phan Van Sy - Deputy Chief of Politics, member of Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4; Lieutenant Colonel Thai Duc Hanh - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, Deputy Standing Committee of Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors.

Lieutenant Colonel Thai Duc Hanh - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, Deputy Standing Committee of Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province reported on the results of the search and collection of martyrs' remains. Photo: Trong Kien

At the meeting, Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province reported to the working delegation the results of the implementation of Project 1237 on the search and collection of martyrs' remains in the period 2016 - 2018. According to statistics, Nghe An province currently has 45,031 martyrs (specifically, during the anti-French period, there were 7,558 martyrs; during the anti-American period, there were 29,285 martyrs; during the war to protect the Fatherland and perform international duties, there were 8,188 martyrs).

The collection team of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command collected the remains of martyrs in Xam village, Muong Kham district, Xieng Khouang province. Photo: Phong Quang

From 2016 to 2018, the Military Command's Collection Team closely coordinated with Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, and Xay Xom Bun provinces of the Lao PDR to search for and collect the remains of 202 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos, brought them back to the country, and held a solemn and dignified burial ceremony at Nghi Loc District Martyrs' Cemetery.

Of these, 5 martyrs' remains with known names and hometowns have been handed over to their localities and relatives, while 10 martyrs' remains have names but unknown hometowns and units. In the province, searches have been conducted and 5 martyrs' remains have been collected in the districts of Ky Son and Nghi Loc...

Colonel Ngo Quang Phuc - Deputy Director of the Policy Department, Deputy Chief of Office of the National Steering Committee 515 spoke at the inspection. Photo: Phong Quang

At the inspection session, the delegation of the National Steering Committee 515 commended the achievements of Nghe An province in implementing Project 1237 in the period of 2016 - 2018; at the same time, emphasized the main goals, tasks and solutions that Nghe An province needs to focus on implementing in the coming time.

In particular, it is necessary to do a good job of reviewing and grasping information about martyrs in the province; to carry out propaganda and mobilization work for the people, especially generations of veterans, to provide information about martyrs and martyrs' remains in the province, the whole country and other countries. In 2018, strive to map out the search, collection and conclusion of the area to reach over 50% of communes, wards and towns according to the plan of the Steering Committee 515 at all levels..../.