Collecting the remains of two more Vietnamese martyrs who died in Laos
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of March 13, the Martyr Remains Collection Team of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command organized a search and discovered the remains of two Vietnamese martyrs in Muong Kham and Muong Pec districts, Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR.
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| Troops of Unit 4 of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team are collecting martyrs' remains in Xam village, Muong Kham district. Photo: Tran Dung |
At coordinates 76.067.42379, Phu Vieng Cemetery, Xam village, Muong Kham district, officers and staff of Unit 4 of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team discovered and collected the remains of a martyr along with many accompanying relics such as: tank, army buttons, belt buckles and communication wires...
According to information provided by local people, around 1971, Vietnamese soldiers were killed by enemy bombs here and were buried by local people. This is the 8th martyr's remains found by the Nghe An Recovering Team in Xam village, Muong Kham district.
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| Troops of Unit 2, the Collection Team of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command are collecting the remains of martyrs at Pho Xi village, Muong Pec district. Photo: Tran Dung |
On the same afternoon, the second martyr's remains were discovered and exhumed by the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team in Pho Xi village, Muong Pec district, Xieng Khouang province, wrapped in nylon, along with relics: Army buttons and rope. These are the remains of Vietnamese martyrs, as informed by Pho Xi villagers.
It is known that by the end of March 13, 2018, after more than 5 months of the 2017-2018 dry season, the task of searching and collecting the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos, the Collection Team of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command has searched and recovered 72 remains of martyrs. Of which, in Xieng Khouang province, 67 remains of martyrs were found, in Vientiane province, 3 remains of martyrs were found and in Xay Xom Bun province, 2 remains of martyrs were found.