The Provincial Military Command summarizes the collection of martyrs' remains in the 2020-2021 dry season.

Leaders of the Provincial Military Command participated in moving the martyrs' remains to their resting place at the Nghi Loc District Martyrs' Cemetery. Photo: Trong Kien

In the 2020 - 2021 dry season, the Martyrs' Grave Collection Team, Political Department, Nghe An Provincial Military Command carried out the task of searching and exhumingmartyrs' remainsin Laos took place in increasingly difficult conditions, the Covid-19 epidemic situation in Laos was complicated.

The Party Committee of the Gathering Team has directed and led the team to effectively implement the "4 together" motto (eating together, living together, working together, speaking Lao together); proactively overcoming difficulties in terrain, location, and weather.

Colonel Nguyen Ky Hong - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command presented Certificates of Merit to collectives with outstanding achievements in searching, collecting, and burying martyrs' remains in the dry season of 2020 - 2021. Photo: Trong Kien

Closely coordinating with the Party Committee, government, armed forces and people of Laos, we provided information, surveyed, searched, collected and brought back to Vietnam the remains of 95 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in the war in Laos, including 9 martyrs whose names, hometowns and units were identified.

In which, direction 1Organized a survey, search, and collection of 18 martyrs' graves in the two districts of Muong Khun and Muong Moc, Xieng Khouang province.;direction 2Organize survey, search, and collect 10 graves in the two provinces of Vientiane and Xay Som Bun;direction 3Conduct a survey, search, and collect 25 martyrs' graves in the two districts of Muong Pet and Pha Xay, Xieng Khouang province.;direction 4Conduct surveys, searches, and collects 27 martyrs' graves in 3 districts: Phu Cut, Muong Kham, Noong Het, Xieng Khouang provinceand collected the remains of a domestic martyr in Ky Son district, Nghe An province.

Awarding Certificates of Merit to individuals with outstanding achievements in the work of searching, gathering, and burying martyrs' remains in the dry season of 2020 - 2021. Photo: Trong Kien

Along with carrying out the mission, the team has done a good job of mass mobilization; examined, treated, and provided medicine to the people of Laos, where the unit carried out the mission with more than 130 cases; spent time on holidays and breaks to help the people of the villages and hamlet clusters where the unit was stationed to clean the environment, harvest crops, and build civil works. Coordinated with the Military Command of Xieng Khouang province to continue to promote the implementation of the project to help the armed forces of Xieng Khouang province raise livestock, increase production, and build regular units...

On this occasion,Provincial Military Commandawarded Certificates of Merit to 2 groups and 8 individuals with outstanding achievements in searching, gathering, and burying martyrs' remains in the 2020-2021 dry season.