Nghe An Provincial Military Command collects 45 martyrs' remains in Laos during the 2023-2024 dry season
(Baonghean.vn) - From January 16 to 20, 2024, a working delegation of the Military Region 4 Command led by Major General Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4 visited and extended New Year greetings to officers and staff of the Martyrs' Remains Collection Teams performing tasks in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Wishing a Happy New Year to the officers and staff of the gathering teams of the Military Commands of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces, Major General Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4 acknowledged and commended the officers and staff in the process of performing their duties.
In the dry season of 2023 - 2024, despite difficulties in terrain and weather conditions and increasingly limited information about martyrs' graves, officers and staff of the Military Region 4 collection teams have proactively and actively coordinated with local Party committees, authorities, military units, police, agencies, departments, branches and the people of Laos to effectively carry out the search and collection of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos.
Up to now, the teams collecting martyrs' remains of Military Region 4 have searched for and collected 80 martyrs' remains in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, of which: the team collecting the Nghe An Provincial Military Command collected 45 martyrs' remains, the team collecting the Ha Tinh Provincial Military Command collected 7 martyrs' remains and the team collecting the Quang Binh Provincial Military Command collected 10 martyrs' remains. The martyrs' remains have been preserved, cared for and worshipped solemnly and thoughtfully by officers and staff at the unit's martyrs' church.
The Deputy Commander of Military Region 4 requested that in the days before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2024, the Military Region's collection teams performing tasks in Laos must both carry out the task of searching for and collecting martyrs' remains according to plan, and organize well the mass mobilization work and deploy the plan to celebrate Tet in a thoughtful and safe manner./.