Remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, experts repatriated from Lao
Remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, experts repatriated from Laos
Remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts found in Laos were handed over to the Vietnamese side for repatriation at a ceremony held in Vientiane on May 7.
Vientiane (VNA) – Remains of Vietnamese volunteersoldiers and experts found in Laos were handed over to the Vietnamese side forrepatriation at a ceremony held in Vientiane on May 7.
In the 2018-2019 dry season, a special working committee ofVietnam’s Ha Tinh province and its equivalent agency of Vientiane capital foundtwo sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who lost theirlives supporting Laos’ past struggle for independence.
Speaking at the ceremony, Sihun Sitthiluxay, head of thespecial working committee of the Lao capital, expressed his deep gratitude for thephysical and human support from the Vietnamese Party, State, army and peopletoward his country during its fight for independence and national defence.
Lao people, particularly youths, will continue to beeducated on the Vietnam – Lao special traditional solidarity, thus contributingto preserving and fostering the ties, the official said.
Phan Cao Thanh, member of the Standing Board of the Ha Tinhprovincial Party Committee and head of its Mass Mobilisation Commission, saidhe hoped for further assistance from the Lao Government, armed forces, andpeople nationwide in information sharing and search coordination so that moreremains of Vietnamese soldiers and experts would be repatriated.
On May 8, the Vietnamese delegation, headed by Thanh, willvisit Bolykhamxay to receive another five sets of remains.
Between 1999 and the 2018-2019 dry season, the specialworking committee of Ha Tinh province and its counterparts in Vientiane andprovinces of Vientiane and Bolykhamxay unearthed 769 remains sets of theVietnamese soldiers and experts.
In 1945, the Vietnamese and Lao governments signed anagreement on the Vietnam-Laos cooperation and support and formed theLaos-Vietnam joint army to protect each country’s independence.
On October 30, 1949, the Politburo of the Communist Party ofVietnam’s Central Committee established the Vietnamese military force in Laos,which was called “Vietnamese volunteer soldiers”.
Ha Tinh province has more than 10,000 people who volunteeredto help Laos in the fight for national independence. Among them, over 1,000died and 5,000 were injured during their mission in Laos.-VNA
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Scene at the ceremony (Photo: baohatinh.vn) 
