Nearly 2,000 remains of Vietnamese soldiers repatriated from Cambodia

Nearly 2,000 sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia have been brought home by a team set up by the An Giang Provincial Military Command.

Nearly 2,000 sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia have been brought home by a team set up by the An Giang Provincial Military Command.

  

Offering incenses to deceased soldiers.

On November 19, An Giang Military Command held a 20th anniversary for the K93 Team. The K93 Team was set up on November 20, 2000 and specialises in searching and repatriating soldier remains in Vietnam and overseas. The team has so far found over 3,200 sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers, nearly 2,000 of them were repatriated from Cambodia.

Le Van Phuoc, vice chairman of An Giang People's Committee gave high regards to the contributions of Team K93 in the past years. He went on to say that the wars in the past had deeply wounded Vietnam with many fatalities. The government has never stopped searching for the remains of soldiers who died in Vietnam or in other countries in order to bring them back home to their families.

  

Team K93 receives medals and certificates of merits on November 19.

Basing on the information and data they were able to have, Team K93 has worked efficiently to search and collected the remains of Vietnamese soldiers in 89 communes in Takeo District, 75 communes in Kampong Speu District, four communes in Koh Kong District and five communes in Kampot District in Cambodia.

After digging at 180,000 locations, the team collected 1,956 sets of remains and identified 251 soldiers who died in Cambodia. In Vietnam, the team also found 1,254 sets of remains in An Phu, Tinh Bien, and Tri Ton districts in An Giang Province.

All of the soldiers were buried at Doc Ba Dac War Cemetery in An Giang or transferred back to their families.

Phuoc continued praising the team's effort in the past 20 years and the support from Vietnamese as well as Cambodian authorities and people.

Team K93 was given the Achievement Medals of second class and third class and the certificates of merit from the Ministry of Defence and An Giang People's Committee.