Tay Ninh has recovered 519 sets of fallen soldiers' remains in Vietnam and Cambodia, with most of the DNA sampling completed after 60 days of a nationwide 500-day campaign to speed up the search, as well as the 2025–2026 dry-season recovery mission.

More than half a century after the war, San Diu ethnic veteran Do Van Thong in Quang Hanh Ward (Quang Ninh) has kept a military map as a treasure.

Search teams have recovered the remains of 150 fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City since the excavation began on June 23, according to the Ho Chi Minh City High Command.

Bearing many injuries from the war, Vietnamese Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Thanh Xuan had to endure pain once again after her son sacrificed his life while performing rescue duty in peacetime.

What began with a set of military insignia given as a gift has grown into a collection of more than 500 military and police artifacts, creating a space where a Buddhist monk preserves stories of service, sacrifice and patriotism.

Every July 27, families in two Da Nang villages prepare meals and light incense for hundreds who sacrificed in war -including those whose remains have never been found.

For hundreds of students in Ho Chi Minh City, history moved beyond the textbook as veterans shared wartime memories alongside artifacts preserved for generations.

VietNamNet joined Tuyen Quang authorities on July 25 to honor war veterans, martyrs' relatives and beneficiary families in the historic border area of Vi Xuyen.

Nearly 60 years after the war, former military medic Tran Van Ban still spends his days searching for fallen comrades. For him, every unidentified set of remains is a promise waiting to be fulfilled.

A remarkable family story from Ha Tinh highlights love, sacrifice and an enduring search for a fallen soldier whose memory lives on through two Vietnamese Heroic Mothers.

Every bone and tooth recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park undergoes a meticulous DNA sampling process, offering renewed hope of identifying Vietnamese soldiers who have remained unknown for nearly six decades.

Modern genetic science is transforming Vietnam's efforts to identify fallen soldiers, bringing closure to families through advanced DNA analysis.

Vietnam is moving to accelerate the use of next-generation DNA technology to identify the remains of fallen soldiers, offering new hope to families who have waited decades for answers.

For over 60 years, Ngo Thi Lang had no photograph of the son she lost in war. At 105, her greatest wish remains to bring him home.

Half a century after the fierce battle at Hill 174, veteran Tran Van Phuc returned to the former battlefield with memories that had never faded.

Search teams have recovered 20 more sets of soldiers' remains at a park in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the total found in just over a week to 95.

The Special Task Committees of An Giang and Takeo provinces on July 14 signed a handover record for the remains of 14 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died during wartime and were recovered in Cambodia during the 2025–2026 dry season.

After three years of waiting for a single phone call, one Vietnamese family finally received confirmation that DNA testing had identified the remains of their fallen relative.

Search teams have uncovered additional remains of Vietnamese martyrs during an expanded excavation at Le Thi Rieng Park in Hoa Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, including several sets of remains found stacked on top of one another.

A research team from Texas Tech University has handed over burial maps, wartime records and military files to Ho Chi Minh City to assist efforts to locate and identify missing war martyrs.