The Ho Chi Minh City High Command announced on August 23 that search teams had discovered 10 more sets of soldiers' remains and five associated artefacts at Le Thi Rieng Park, bringing the total number of remains recovered at the site to 455.
Soldiers search for fallen soldiers' remains on August 23 (Photo: Nguyen Hung).
During the day, personnel processed more than 500 cubic metres of soil while continuing to expand the search area.
To maintain the pace of the operation, the Ho Chi Minh City High Command deployed two excavators, a bulldozer, dump trucks and two cargo trucks to support excavation, soil transportation and search activities.
Authorities expand the search for fallen soldiers' remains at Le Thi Rieng Park (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.
