Gia Lai begins latest search for martyrs’ remains in Cambodia
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on October 22 launched a search for and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Cambodia for the 2019 – 2020 dry season.
Gia Lai officials shake hands with officers and soldiers taking part in the search and repatriation campaign at the ceremony on October 22 (Photo: VNA)
Gia Lai (VNA) – The Central Highlands province ofGia Lai on October 22 launched a search for and repatriation of remains ofVietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Cambodia for the 2019 – 2020 dryseason.
This is the 20th such campaign launched so farby the province’s steering board for search, repatriation and identification ofmartyrs’ remains.
The campaign for the 2019 – 2020 dry seasonfeatures the engagement of 67 officers and soldiers who will be divided intothree groups to carry out the work in Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Ratanakiriprovinces of Cambodia.
Information about the sites they are set tofocus on was provided by Cambodian people.
Vice Chairwoman of the Gia Lai People’sCommittee Huynh Nu Thu Ha, who is also head of the province’s steering board,said the search for and repatriation of martyrs’ remains are becomingincreasingly difficult due to terrain changes and the decomposition of remainsas time goes by.
Therefore, the search and repatriation teamneeds to have high resolve and sense of responsibility while optimising thewholehearted support residents and authorities in the Cambodian localities toperform the task.
Since its search and repatriation efforts beganin 2001, Gia Lai has brought home remains of 1,412 martyrs from Cambodia./.
A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and other representative offices of Vietnam in Phnom Penh led by Ambassador Vu Quang Minh offered incense to martyrs at the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument on July 26 on the occasion of the 72nd Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Remains of 17 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during wartime were brought home by a search and repatriation team of Dak Lak province in the 2018 – 2019 dry season.
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Gia Lai officials shake hands with officers and soldiers taking part in the search and repatriation campaign at the ceremony on October 22 (Photo: VNA) 
