Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4 inspects the implementation of the task of searching for and collecting martyrs' remains in the dry season of 2022-2023

Receiving and working with the delegation, on behalf of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command, there was Colonel Nguyen Ky Hong - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command; heads of the General Staff, Political, Logistics, Technical departments...

In the dry season of 2021 - 2022, the Provincial Military Command's Collection Team organized forces and coordinated with Lao forces to search for, collect and bring back to the country 103 martyrs' remains, 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. The Nghe An Provincial Military Command handed over and organized solemn burials at martyr cemeteries in the localities.

Major General Tran Minh Thanh - Political Commissar of Military Region, Deputy Head of Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4 checks the archives of the Collection Team of Nghe An Provincial Military Command. Photo: Hoang Anh

To successfully complete the assigned tasks, the Nghe An Provincial Military Party Committee advised the Nghe An Provincial Steering Committee 515 to lead and direct the standing agency; relevant departments and offices and the Provincial Military Command's Gathering Team to do a good job of preparation.

The Provincial Military Command's collection team has actively and proactively prepared sufficient forces and means; completed the organization and staffing; selected comrades with good health, good moral qualities, high sense of self-discipline and must be able to communicate in Lao; organized training to improve professional qualifications, experience, methods of mass mobilization, learn Lao language and learn about the customs and practices of the neighboring countries. In coordination with the Special Working Group of the three provinces of Xieng Khouang, Vientiane and Xay Xom Bun, the Lao People's Democratic Republic agreed on the content, measures and coordinated implementation of the task of searching for and collecting the remains of Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers and Experts who died in Laos in the dry season of 2022 - 2023.

Major General Tran Minh Thanh - Political Commissar of Military Region, Deputy Head of Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4 delivered the concluding speech. Photo: Hoang Anh

Through the actual inspection, Major General Tran Minh Thanh - Political Commissar of the Military Region, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee 515 of Military Region 4 acknowledged and commended the Military Command of Nghe An province for doing a good job advising the Provincial Steering Committee 515 to direct and deploy the Martyrs' Remains Collection Team and successfully completing the task of searching and retrieving martyrs' remains in the dry season of 2021 - 2022; Fully grasping the documents and instructions of the Military Region and the Political Department on the task of retrieving martyrs' remains in the dry season of 2022 - 2023; advising the Steering Committee 515 of Nghe An province on coordination with the neighboring provinces of Laos and doing a good job of preparing for the search and retrieving remains of Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers and Experts who died in Laos in the dry season of 2022 - 2023.

Checking passport information of officers and staff of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team. Photo: Hoang Anh

The Deputy Head of the 515 Steering Committee of Military Region 4 emphasized: In the dry season of 2022-2023 and the following years, the situation of the task of searching for and collecting martyrs' remains in Laos will become increasingly difficult and complicated. In some areas in the collection area in Laos, the political security situation is still complicated; the remaining martyrs' graves are mainly scattered in remote areas, with difficult roads, and many martyr burial locations are difficult to determine due to the long time and changing terrain...

He also requested the Nghe An Provincial Military Command's Collection Team to continue to do a good job of informing officers and employees about the search and recovery work.martyrs' remainsThe sacrifice of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts on Lao soil in the dry season of 2022-2023 is a special mission, thereby building determination, sense of responsibility, readiness to overcome difficulties and hardships to strive to excellently complete assigned tasks.

The unit continues to perfect and supplement appropriate plans, grasp the local situation, especially the situation and developments of the Covid-19 epidemic in Laos, and effectively link the task of searching for and retrieving the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos with mass mobilization work and Covid-19 epidemic prevention, contributing to the excellent completion of assigned tasks.

Hoang Anh