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Vietnam accelerates efforts to complete database of fallen soldiers
Vietnam is stepping up work to document and preserve records of fallen soldiers and their burial sites, aiming to substantially complete a comprehensive database by 2026. The initiative involves cataloguing remains, graves, and martyrs' cemeteries while incorporating domestic and international sources.
LSN Vietnam ·
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra has emphasized the importance of completing and enriching the national database on fallen soldiers, their grave sites, and martyrs' cemeteries. The government aims to substantially finish the database system by 2026 while continuing to integrate information from both domestic and international sources.
Recent recovery efforts have yielded significant results. Nearly 850 sets of martyrs' remains were recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park over a four-month period, while Hanoi has completed the planned sampling of all martyrs' graves in the capital. In the southern province of Dong Nai, authorities recovered 120 sets of martyrs' remains from Cambodia, underscoring the cross-border nature of the recovery operations.
The comprehensive database project represents a continuing effort to honor Vietnam's war dead and ensure proper documentation and preservation of their memory. Officials are coordinating with international partners to gather complete records and verify information, reflecting the scale and complexity of documenting casualties from Vietnam's recent history.
Photo: Graves of Vietnam's war dead at the Truong Son National Cemetery, Quang Tri province, December 2008. Liftold via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).