Saturday, May 8, 2010

Vietnamese soldiers' remains return from Laos, Cambodia

Central Highland province of Kon Tum has made the memorial service for 29 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers fallen in combats in Laos and Cambodia yesterday at the Ngoc Hoi District Martyrs Cemetery. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Le Lam

Central Highland province of Kon Tum has made the memorial service for 29 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers fallen in combats in Laos and Cambodia yesterday at the Ngoc Hoi District Martyrs Cemetery. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Le Lam

08/05/2010
Vietnam News

KON TUM — The remains of 29 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died in Laos and Cambodia during the war have been repatriated after a six-month search.

The search was conducted by a team under the Kon Tum Military Command.

A memorial service was held yesterday at the Ngoc Hoi District Martyrs Cemetery in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum with the participation of provincial authorities, representatives from the Sekong, Attapeu and Champasak provinces of Laos, and Ratanakiri Province of Cambodia along with local armed forces and the public.

The day before, a solemn ceremony had been held in Laos to mark the departure of the remains of the Vietnamese soldiers to Viet Nam. —VNS

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