A memorial and reburial ceremony was held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 24 to honour the sacrifices of 88 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid their lives in Cambodia and An Giang. A similar ceremony took place in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, where 28 remains were laid to rest the same day. They were discovered in Cambodia’s Koh Kong and Kam Pot provinces, along with two in Kien Giang. To commemorate War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27), a separate ceremony was held at Hill 82 Tan Bien Martyrs Cemetery in the southern province of Tay Ninh to lay to rest the remains of 172 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who fell down in Cambodia.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
