Excavating and bringing back to Vietnam the remains of 104 martyrs who died in Laos

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 26, the Special Working Group of Nghe An province coordinated with the three provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, and Xay Xom Bun to organize a coordination signing conference.

Units signed a memorandum of understanding. Photo: Trong Kien

In recent years, the search, collection and exhumation of the remains of martyrs in Laos have encountered many difficulties. However, with the help of the Lao Government and people, especially the three provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane and Xay Xom Bun, the work of collecting martyrs' remains has still achieved great results.

During the 2016-2017 dry season alone, the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team surveyed, searched, collected and brought back to Vietnam the remains of 104 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, achieving 130% of the set plan.

At the conference, the Special Working Groups of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, Xay Xom Bun and the Special Working Group of Nghe An province signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to continue to actively coordinate, exchange and unify in direction in the coming time.

For Laos, regularly support the Collection Team in all activities of searching for and collecting martyrs' remains; actively propagate and mobilize people from all walks of life to provide information about martyrs' burial places; send cadres familiar with the terrain to participate in activities with the Collection Team of Nghe An province to protect, guide, contact local people and solve related issues in performing tasks.

On the side of Nghe An province, continue to direct units that have participated in activities in Laos to continue to review and provide lists and grave maps to serve the search and collection of martyrs' remains. Organize the handover and send off the martyrs' remains to the country for burial in a strict, solemn and dignified manner...

Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee Chairman to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements. Photo: Trong Kien

On this occasion, the People's Committee of Nghe An province awarded Certificates of Merit to 9 groups and 15 individuals from the three provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane, and Xay Xom Bun (Laos) for their outstanding achievements in coordinating the search, recovery, and collection of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos in the 2016-2017 period.

Trong Kien