Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Remains of fallen Vietnamese volunteers repatriated

2008/01/21
From: Mathab

Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia’s Siem Reap province has held a memorial service for 14 Vietnamese volunteers fallen in the locality during the 70s.

The remains of these volunteers had been found recently.

At the ceremony, which took place at the Vot Th’mei pagoda, Siem Reap’s Vice Governor Chan Sophon expressed gratitude to those fallen Vietnamese volunteers, saying they had saved the Cambodian people and country from the genocide.

The 14 sets of remains were later handed over to officers from Tay Ninh province, who have over the past time joined hands with their counterparts from Siem Reap to dig out and repatriate a total of 464 sets of remains of fallen Vietnamese volunteers.

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