According to the Ho Chi Minh City Command, search teams found a further 11 sets of remains and two sets of associated artefacts at the park on October 21, bringing the total number recovered at the site to 800.
On the same day, the teams excavated and processed more than 620 cubic metres of soil, deploying machinery and equipment to dig, transport earth and expand the search area.
Soldiers search for martyrs' remains (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.
