The Ho Chi Minh City Military Command has reported that on August 15 - 16, its team tasked with searching for and collecting martyrs’ remains cleared 500 cu.m of soil and rock and recovered 30 sets of martyrs’ remains at Le Thi Rieng Park in Hoa Hung ward.

Search team is working on-site at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City.

Since June 23, the team has recovered 351 sets of remains, including 318 individual sets and 33 sets from eight mass graves. Artifacts were found alongside 198 sets of remains.

Earlier on August 14, Maj.Gen. Nguyen Thanh Trung, Political Commissar of the Ho Chi Minh City Military Command and standing deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for the Search, Collection and Identification of Martyrs’ Remains, said local military officers and soldiers, particularly the search team, are determined to overcome difficulties and extreme weather to complete the recovery at the park before November.

As of August 14, more than 1,700 remains of fallen soldiers had been recovered under a nationwide campaign to accelerate the search, recovery and identification of war martyrs’ remains, according to the national steering committee.

Launched on March 15, the 500-day campaign has so far achieved 24.5% of its target. The recoveries include 691 sets of remains in Vietnam, 174 in Laos and 850 in Cambodia.

500-day-and-night campaign: 1,488 martyrs’ remains recovered

As of July 25, search teams had located and repatriated 1,488 sets of martyrs’ remains in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Additional remains have also been discovered in the northern province of Tuyen Quang and Ho Chi Minh City.

Party and State leaders pay tribute to heroic martyrs, President Ho Chi Minh

Over the past 79 years, the Party, the State, and the people of Vietnam have always paid attention to and cared for those who have contributed to the revolution and the families of martyrs, thereby spreading the traditional values ​​and good morals of the nation. 

DNA collection from relatives of war martyrs: A sacred mission

BAC NINH – The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a five-day campaign to collect DNA samples from relatives of unidentified war martyrs, marking a significant step toward building a national DNA database and identifying thousands of fallen soldiers.

500-day campaign receives war memorabilia, martyr records

The donated materials include files on three martyrs’ personal belongings, burial records and maps identifying the graves of 21 martyrs at K76A Hospital, and decoded documents relating to Unit 962, linked to artefacts unearthed during excavation work at Le Thi Rieng Park in Hoa Hung ward.