According to the Ho Chi Minh City High Command, search teams processed more than 500 cubic metres of soil during the day while continuing to expand the excavation area.
Soldiers search for martyrs' remains on August 22 (Photo: Nguyen Hung).
To maintain the pace of the operation, the military mobilised three excavators, dump trucks and two cargo vehicles to support digging and soil transportation activities.
Twenty-eight sets of martyrs' remains were found on August 22 (Photo: Nguyen Hung).
The search and recovery operation at Le Thi Rieng Park was launched on July 6 following the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra at a workshop verifying information about a mass grave of martyrs in the area.
Earlier, based on witness accounts and historical records, the Ho Chi Minh City Command estimated that hundreds of martyrs killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive and Uprising may have been buried in Do Thanh - Chi Hoa cemetery, now Le Thi Rieng Park.