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A veteran’s search for fallen comrades

The family of martyr Luong Khanh in Nha Trang City couldn’t hold back the tears when they received a letter from a stranger informing them of the location of Khanh’s grave.

Veteran helps locate comrades' remains

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 2.15pm every day, Pham Song Toan, 75, turns on the television to watch the programme, "In Search of Former Comrades in Arms".

Photos: Soldiers who still 'fight' in peace-time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Center for Nursing War Invalids in Kim Bang district of Ha Nam province is the home of 110 veterans who had brain injuries that have caused mental illnesses.

Nearly 90 officials embezzle money of veterans

Up to 89 officers in the mountainous district of Son Ha in the central province of Quang Ngai have been detected of committing embezzlement of over VND4.7 billion of the welfares for veterans and war invalids who are ethnic minority people.

American doctor returns bone to a Vietnamese soldier after 47 years

The arm bones had been kept by Doctor Sam Axelrad for 47 years. He could not believe that half a century after the surgery, the Vietnamese soldier was still alive to receive a portion of his body.

Veterans in the Truong Sa 1988 battle to group up

A meeting with the title "Towards the beloved Truong Sa" will be held in Da Nang City, with the participation of veterans and relatives of martyrs who sacrificed in the battle to save Truong Sa Archipelago in March 1988.