Sunday, 24 August 2008

Fallen soldiers’ remains repatriated

Thanhnien News
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Servicemen from Military Zone 7 in the south have repatriated 5,588 sets of remains of Vietnamese war combatants in Cambodia since they began in 2001.

A conference in Ho Chi Minh City Friday to review the search and repatriation operation reported that only 340 of the sets had been identified.

According to Military Zone 7, there has been seven search phases in 10 cities and provinces so far.

During the seventh phase in the 2007-08 dry season, search teams found 403 sets of remains from six provinces in Cambodia which were returned to Vietnam and buried in martyrs’ cemeteries in Tay Ninh, Binh Phuoc and Long An provinces.

The search will continue in the 2008-09 dry season, the Military Zone 7 officers said.

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