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500-day campaign: 664 sets of war martyrs’ remains founded at Le Thi Rieng Park

A total of 664 sets of war martyrs’ remains have been recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City after three months of search and excavation, according to the municipal Military High Command.

Vietnam’s top leader meets USABC, discusses war legacy initiative

Party General Secretary and President To Lam met US-ASEAN Business Council representatives and US businesses in New York on September 23, where he was briefed on the Vietnam War Accounting Initiative.

500-day campaign seeks burial sites of soldiers killed in 1968 Tet Offensive

The HCMC Military Command is working with relevant agencies to verify information and search for the remains of soldiers killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive and reportedly buried near the former Go Vap district Martyrs’ Memorial.

Vietnam honors soldier behind ingenious smoke-hiding wartime stove

Hoang Cam, who invented a field stove that dispersed cooking smoke to help Vietnamese soldiers avoid detection from the air during wartime, has been posthumously honored as a Hero of the People's Armed Forces.

Da Nang collects DNA from nearly 26,000 unidentified soldiers’ graves

Da Nang has completed DNA sampling from nearly 26,000 unidentified war graves across 144 cemeteries, the largest such undertaking by any locality in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City plans memorial for 632 fallen soldiers found in park

Ho Chi Minh City plans to hold a memorial and burial ceremony in early October for the remains of fallen soldiers recovered from Le Thi Rieng Park, where 632 sets of remains have been found.

Vietnam hands former US Marine camp artifacts back to America

Vietnam has handed the US a sign and guardhouse from a former Marine Corps camp in Da Nang, in a gesture highlighting reconciliation more than half a century after the war.

War martyrs' remains, artifacts discovered at mass grave in Da Nang

The Military Command of central Da Nang city on September 15 began excavating and recovering the remains from a mass grave in Go Cao hamlet, Thu Bon commune, where 17 war martyrs are believed to have been buried.

Vietnam turns to advanced DNA technology to identify fallen soldiers

Vietnam is expanding the use of advanced DNA technology to identify soldiers whose remains have gone unnamed for decades, with a national DNA center now holding more than 37,000 remains samples for analysis.

Vietnam sends 13,500 remains samples for DNA identification

A total of 13,563 remains samples of fallen soldiers have been transported to Hanoi for DNA testing and identification, in a joint effort to clarify the identities of those who sacrificed their lives for the Fatherland.

A box of clean soil and the ‘trust capital’ binding Vietnam and the US

A box of clean soil from Da Nang Airport carries with it a story of land once contaminated by war, of responsibility toward the past, and of the long effort by Vietnam and the United States to heal the wounds between two nations.

How a young team restores the faces of Vietnam’s fallen soldiers

From faded photographs and fragments of family memories, TeamLee has reconstructed more than 10,000 portraits, giving families a clearer image of loved ones lost decades ago.

Search at HCMC park uncovers 26 more fallen soldiers’ remains

The search for fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park continues to yield discoveries, with 26 more sets of remains recovered on Aug. 24.

Over 7,000 war martyrs’ samples sent to Hanoi for DNA identification

A military transport aircraft is set to carry 7,104 biological samples from the remains of war martyrs from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi for DNA testing, as part of efforts to identify fallen soldiers whose identities have yet to be determined.

HCM City collects nearly 10,000 samples to identify fallen soldiers

HCMC has collected 9,854 biological samples from fallen soldiers’ remains as DNA testing efforts accelerate, while 358 sets of remains have been recovered from Le Thi Rieng Park.

US supports Vietnam in accelerating identification of martyrs’ remains

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Gau held talks with the US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on August 14.

Veteran plumbs his memories of the last 50 years in search for fallen comrade

More than 50 years after soldier Nguyen Thanh Binh was killed in action, veteran Vo Van Toan still remembers every landmark near his comrade's burial site. From sketches drawn from memory, a new search campaign was launched.

Deputy PM orders completion of database of fallen soldiers by year-end

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra has ordered the completion of a comprehensive database covering fallen soldiers, their graves, cemeteries and records by the end of this year.

More than 1,700 war martyrs’ remains recovered

More than 1,700 remains of fallen soldiers have been recovered under a nationwide campaign to accelerate the search, recovery and identification of war martyrs’ remains, according to the national steering committee.

VN, US strengthen high-tech cooperation in identifying fallen soldiers’ remains

A Vietnamese defence delegation on August 12 held working sessions at the University of Georgia and a leading US military forensic facility on the search for and identification of martyrs’ remains.