More martyrs' remains recovered at Ho Chi Minh City's Le Thi Rieng Park

July 13 marked one week since the search and recovery operation began at the park.

The effort was initiated after architect Nguyen Xuan Thang and his research team collected historical photographs and conducted research that prompted the Ho Chi Minh City High Command to seek witnesses who had seen the burial of fallen soldiers at the site, formerly known as Chi Hoa–Cho Quan Cemetery, on February 12, 1968.

Investigators gradually uncovered new leads through testimonies from residents who lived in the area during that period, combined with scientific methods.

The search has since yielded significant results, with authorities continuing efforts to recover the remains of soldiers who sacrificed their lives during Vietnam's struggle for national liberation and return them for proper commemoration.

The search effort at Le Thi Rieng Park began after the Ho Chi Minh City High Command started locating witnesses on May 28 who appeared in a historic photograph taken during the burial of soldiers killed on February 12, 1968.

After witnesses came forward, the National Steering Committee 515 on the search and identification of war martyrs held a workshop on June 8 to verify information about a communal burial believed to have been located at the former Chi Hoa–Cho Quan Cemetery, now Le Thi Rieng Park.

Field surveys followed before the official recovery operation was launched on July 6.

Since then, recovery teams have found 69 individual sets of martyrs' remains, one communal burial, and numerous personal artifacts associated with the fallen soldiers.