In Vietnam, fiancée of fallen soldier recognized as his wife after nearly 60 years
Vietnam News 13:37 19/07/2026After nearly six decades of living alone and honoring the memory of the man she was engaged to marry, 79-year-old Nguyen Thi Le in Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam has officially been recognized as the wife of fallen soldier Huynh Van Quen and will receive state benefits starting August 1.
Vietnam’s Military Region 5 recovers 109 sets of martyrs’ remains in H1
Vietnam News 20:41 18/07/2026Military Region 5 under the Vietnam People’s Army recovered 109 sets of war martyrs’ remains as of July 14, achieving 11.1 percent of its 2026 target and 7.36 percent of the goal set under a nationwide 500-day campaign.
More sets of martyrs’ remains found in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Quang Tri
Vietnam News 18:06 18/07/2026Authorities recovered six more sets of war martyrs’ remains on Friday during separate search operations in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue City, and Quang Tri Province, continuing nationwide efforts to locate and identify fallen soldiers during a 500-day campaign launched in early April.
Vietnam’s Can Tho searches suspected burial site of 12 fallen soldiers
Vietnam News 11:21 17/07/2026Military forces in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam have begun excavating a site believed to contain two mass graves holding the remains of 12 fallen soldiers in Truong Long Tay Commune, the municipal Military Command said on Wednesday.
Da Nang launches search for remains of 8 fallen soldiers at wartime cave
Vietnam News 11:28 13/07/2026Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Sunday launched a military-led operation to search for the remains of eight war martyrs inside the wartime Da Sap Cave in Ha Nha Commune.
Discovery of 29 sets of war martyrs’ remains at Ho Chi Minh City park may be linked to special forces, Long An battalion
Ho Chi Minh City 13:21 11/07/2026Vietnamese authorities believe the remains of 29 fallen soldiers recently uncovered at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City may belong to members of the legendary Biet Dong Sai Gon (special forces) and the first battalion of former Long An Province.
Vietnam recovers over 1,300 sets of war martyrs’ remains since launch of 500-day campaign
Vietnam News 16:40 08/07/2026Vietnamese authorities have recovered more than 1,300 sets of war martyrs' remains and three mass graves as part of a 500-day nationwide campaign launched in early April to locate and identify war martyrs' remains.
Vietnam rejects false claims on collaboration with US in wartime missing accounting
Vietnam News 13:34 03/08/2025Vietnam has firmly denounced distorted and false information about humanitarian cooperation in the search for and identification of American service members missing in action (MIA) during the war in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Elite 5,000 year-old woman's tomb unearthed in coastal Peru
World 11:16 25/04/2025LIMA - Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have belonged to the upper echelons of the ancient Caral civilization, a find they say points to the importance of women in the city some five millennia earlier.
Vietnam authorities find 25 martyrs’ remains thanks to information from US veteran
Vietnam News 16:39 24/03/2022The U.S. veteran provided the coordinates and images of the mass burial pit in Binh Dinh Province
In Vietnamese volcanic caves, scientists find ancient human fossils
Vietnam News 16:31 19/09/2018The discovery is considered a landmark in Vietnam’s historical research
