The team collecting the remains of martyrs in Nghe An was awarded the Third Class Military Exploit Medal.
(Baonghean.vn) - Established in 1984, up to now, the Nghe An Martyrs' Remains Search and Collection Team has recovered and collected more than 12,000 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos.
On the afternoon of June 21, Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province held a conference to summarize the work of searching for and collecting martyrs' remains in the dry season of 2021-2022. Attending the conference were Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Political Commissar of Military Region 4; Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee...
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Established in 1984, the Martyrs' Remains Search and Collection Team has so far collected more than 12,000 remains of martyrs who died in Laos. Photo: Tien Hung |
In the 2021-2022 dry season, despite many difficulties, especially the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team completed its mission, exceeding the set target. Specifically, in the 2021-2022 dry season, the Team was assigned the target of searching for and collecting the remains of 80 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos. At the end of the 2021-2022 dry season, the Team searched for, collected and brought back to Vietnam 103 remains of martyrs, reaching 128.75% of the plan. Specifically, in Xieng Khouang province, 85 remains were collected, Xay Xom Bun province collected 11 remains, and Vientiane province collected 7 remains of martyrs.
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Awarding Certificates of Merit to individuals with outstanding achievements. Photo: Tien Hung |
Colonel Pham Van Dong - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command said that the 2021-2022 dry season search was a successful season, finding many remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos, which was highly appreciated by Military Region 4. “In the 2022-2023 dry season and the following years, the situation of the mission to search and collect the remains of martyrs in Laos is increasingly difficult and complicated. The political security situation in some areas in the collection area in Laos is still complicated; the remaining martyrs' graves are mainly scattered in remote areas, with difficult roads, many martyr burial locations are difficult to determine due to the long time and changing terrain...”, Colonel Dong added.
At the conference, after listening to the discussion statements, Steering Committee 515 proposed directions and tasks for searching and collecting martyrs' remains in the 2022-2023 dry season to ensure that the plan is achieved and exceeded as well as ensuring absolute safety for the search and collection forces.
At this conference, the Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province awarded Certificates of Merit to many individuals and groups with outstanding achievements. In particular, on this occasion, the Search and Collection Team of Martyrs' Remains of the Provincial Military Command was honored to receive the Third Class Military Exploit Medal from the President.
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Authorized by the President, Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung awarded the Third Class Military Exploit Medal to the Martyrs' Remains Search and Collection Team. Photo: Tien Hung |
Established in 1984, the Nghe An Martyrs' Remains Search and Collection Team has so far recovered and collected more than 12,000 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos. Of these, more than 900 remains of martyrs whose identities and hometowns have been identified have been handed over to local authorities and families for burial in their hometowns./.
