The Gia Lai Military Command found and repatriated the remains during the 2023-2024 dry season, with support from the authorities and people of the Cambodian provinces of Ratanakiri, Stung Treng, and Preah Vihear.
Over the past years, Gia Lai Military Command has repatriated the remains of 1,489 Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia.
Keo Sa Vuoen, deputy head of the three Cambodian provinces' specialised committee, said the Cambodian people always remembered and would never forget the significant contributions of many Vietnamese soldiers and experts who died liberating Cambodia and helping its people escape from the genocidal Pol Pot regime.
She requested authorities at all levels, the armed forces, and the people of the Cambodian provinces to continue to coordinate with the specialised committee and Vietnamese authorities in the search and collection of Vietnamese soldiers' remains in the coming time.
Authorities in Quang Binh Province hold memorial and reburial services at the Ba Doc War Cemetery on May 23 for the remains of 16 Vietnamese soldiers who died during fighting in Laos.
Also on Thursday morning, authorities in the central province of Quang Binh held memorial and reburial services at the Ba Doc War Cemetery for the remains of 16 Vietnamese soldiers who died during fighting in Laos.