The Ho Chi Minh City Military Command said search teams found five more sets of war remains and two sets of associated artefacts at Le Thi Rieng Park on October 4.
Authorities search for fallen soldiers' remains at Le Thi Rieng Park on October 4 (Photo: Nguyen Hung).
More than 400 cubic metres of soil were removed during the day, with three excavators, dump trucks and two 3.5-tonne trucks deployed to dig and transport soil and keep the operation on schedule.
The military command has so far recovered 718 sets of war remains at the park. Of these, 685 were recovered individually, while 33 were found at eight mass grave sites.
Five more sets of fallen soldiers' remains are found at Le Thi Rieng Park on October 4 (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.