The remains were found in Houaphanh province, Laos, by the search and repatriation team of the Thanh Hoa province Military Command during the 2024–2025 dry season. None of the martyrs has been identified.
The remains were collected during the 2024–2025 dry season by Team K53 of the Kon Tum provincial Military Command, in coordination with authorities in Attapeu, Sekong, and Champasak (Laos), and Ratanakiri (Cambodia).
Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam received John Bryant, an Australian veteran who participated in the May 1968 battle at So Ga, So Hoi and Dong Tram bases, north of Thu Dau Mot town (now in Binh My commune, Bac Tan Uyen district) the southern province of Binh Duong.
Incense offering ceremonies in tribute to Vietnamese and Lao martyrs were organised at the the Laos-Vietnam Combat Alliance Monument in Thoulakhom district, and the monument dedicated to Vietnamese martyrs in Kasy district of Vientiane province on July 26.
A requiem was held in Luang Prabang, Laos, on July 20 for Vietnamese and Lao martyrs who laid down their lives in Laos for the national liberation and the international missions of the two neighboring countries, on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27, 1947-2023).
Vietnamese Consul General in Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province Vu Ngoc Ly led a Vietnamese delegation to Kep and Kampot provinces to lay flowers at the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monuments in the two localities to commemorate Vietnamese martyrs who died in battle in the neighbouring country.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Luang Prabang on July 27 held a ceremony to offer incense and flowers to commemorate Vietnamese martyrs who fought against the common enemy of Vietnam and Laos to regain freedom for people of the two nations on the occasion of the 74th War Invalids and Martyrs Day.
A ceremony was held in Vientiane capital of Laos on April 29 to hand over and repatriate three sets of remains of Vietnam’s volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives while performing the international duties in Laos.
A memorial and reburial service for remains of Vietnamese martyrs and experts laying down their lives in Cambodia during wartime took place at the martyrs’ cemetery in Hon Dat district, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on July 26.
Five Vietnamese martyrs who voluntarily joined the Soviet Union’s Red Army during the war against the German fascists have been honoured at the Central Armed Forces Museum of Russia in Moscow.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue plans to search for and repatriate martyrs’ remains in Laos even in the rainy season if it has sufficient information.
A requiem to commemorate Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives to safeguard national sovereignty has been held in Truc Lam-Kharkov pagoda in Ukraine.
A requiem to commemorate Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives to defend national sovereignty was held at Khanh An pagoda in Thailand’s northeastern province of Udon Thani on March 18.
A reburial ceremony for 21 remains of voluntary Vietnamese soldiers and experts who sacrificed on the battlefields in Laos took place in the central province of Quang Tri on May 17.
The Military Command and Special Working Board of Vientiane, Laos handed over the remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died in Laos as part of a ceremony in Vientiane on May 16.
The Vietnamese community in Prague, the Czech Republic, gathered on March 14 at a requiem dedicated to those who laid down their lives to safeguard the homeland’s sovereignty over seas and islands.
A requiem has been held in Truc Lam pagoda in Kharkov city, Ukraine for Vietnamese martyrs who died in the fight for the country’s sovereignty over islands and territorial waters.
