Over 7,000 martyr remains samples leave Ho Chi Minh City for Hanoi for DNA testing
Ho Chi Minh City 16:16 21/08/2026A military aircraft carried 7,104 biological samples of martyrs’ remains from 18 cemeteries across Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi on Friday for DNA testing, raising hopes of identifying fallen Vietnamese soldiers and reuniting them with their families.
Online photo leads Vietnamese family to martyr's remains after 53-year search
Vietnam News 18:04 20/08/2026A local campaign to post cemetery photos online has led to a major breakthrough for a family in northern Vietnam, reuniting them with the long-sought resting place of soldier La Phuc Chau after more than half a century.
In central Vietnam, elderly war veterans return to former battlefield in search of fallen comrades
Vietnam News 20:40 21/07/2026Decades after the guns fell silent, elderly war veterans have returned to the former battlefield of Dak Pek Commune in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, relying on memories that have endured for more than half a century to help locate the remains of soldiers still missing in action.
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.
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.
49 individual martyrs' remains, 1 communal burial recovered at Ho Chi Minh City park
Ho Chi Minh City 10:33 12/07/2026Twenty individual sets of remains believed to belong to Vietnamese war martyrs, seven sets of accompanying personal artifacts, and one communal burial containing commingled remains were recovered at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, bringing the total number of recovered remains to 49 individual sets and one communal burial, according to the Ho Chi Minh City High Command's martyrs' remains recovery team.
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.
Ho Chi Minh City receives US university records identifying possible 1968 martyr burial sites
Ho Chi Minh City 14:52 10/07/2026Ho Chi Minh City has received three sets of archival records from Texas Tech University in the United States identifying locations where Vietnamese soldiers killed during the first phase of the 1968 Tet General Offensive and Uprising may have been buried.
5 more sets of war martyrs’ remains found at Ho Chi Minh City park
Ho Chi Minh City 12:16 10/07/2026Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City announced on Thursday that five additional sets of war martyrs’ remains and two sets of personal relics were discovered at Le Thi Rieng Park, bringing the total number of remains found at the site to 16.
Efforts underway to identify 17 sets of remains believed to belong to war martyrs in Da Nang
Vietnam News 19:55 09/07/2026Authorities in Da Nang City, central Vietnam, are reviewing newly submitted historical records, wartime aerial photographs and witness accounts that could help identify 17 sets of human remains believed to be those of Vietnamese war martyrs, which were recovered decades ago from a suspected wartime mass grave in the former Quang Nam Province.
