Efforts are being stepped up to expand DNA testing capacity and apply next-generation sequencing technology to improve the identification of more than 207,000 fallen soldiers' remains whose DNA samples have been collected.

More than 15,400 biological samples from unidentified fallen soldiers were flown from southern Vietnam to Hanoi on Oct. 5 for DNA analysis, in the largest such airlift to date.

A workshop on applying geographic information system (GIS) technology for priority setting and decision support in post-war mine action was held in Hanoi on September 30, aiming to share initial results of a pilot study in central Quang Ngai.

A Vietnamese military team has recovered the remains of a fallen soldier in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, its first find 15 days into the 2026-2027 dry-season search mission.

Ho Chi Minh City will step up efforts to find and recover the remains of fallen soldiers, said Nguyen Manh Cuong, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee and head of the city’s steering committee for the work.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.