Vietnam, Laos continue to search and repatriate remains of volunteer soldiers

(VNF) - The Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on Special Missions will continue to cooperate and instruct the search and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Laos during wartime.

Overview of the meeting (source: PANO)

This plan is announced by the Vietnamese head delegate, Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Deputy-Minister of National Defense, at the 23rd meeting of the committee with their Lao counterpart held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 18.

At the meeting, the committee reviewed the outcome and progress of key activities which have been jointly carried out by the two sides recently, highlighting that in the dry season of 2017-2018, search and repatriation teams managed to repatriate 231 sets of remains of Vietnamese martyrs.

General Le Chiem stressed that, the search and repatriation efforts would continue until no more information on burial places of Vietnamese soldiers is available.

Recently, the remains of 25 Vietnamese martyrs were repatriated from Oudomsay province, Laos, on June 14.

The remains of 25 Vietnamese martyrs were repatriated from Oudomsay province, Laos, on June 14.

The report also mentioned the ongoing construction of a monument of Vietnam-Laos solidarity in Xaysomboun province.

On the occasion, General Le Chiem tasked the Vietnamese defense attaché office in Laos to cooperate closely with the authorities of Xaysomboun province to solemnly inaugurate the monument when construction is completed./.

( VNF )