Australia supports Vietnam to locate fallen soldiers’ remains

At the meeting, the Australian side handed over a digitalized battlefield map about the burial sites of fallen Vietnamese soldiers during the war.

The mapping software was built by Australian war veterans, professors, scientists and researchers, who are working for the Center for Study of Armed Conflict and Society (ACSACS) under the UNSW.

At the working session, General Chiem reaffirmed that the Vietnamese government has increasingly accelerated international cooperation for the search and collection of its fallen soldiers over the past time. Currently, hundreds of thousands of war martyrs’ remains are still missing or unidentified, he added.

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The Vietnamese deputy defense minister praised the efforts of the research group of the UNSW and underlined that the project showcased a profound humanitarian spirit and the Australian government’s goodwill.

Meanwhile, UNSW’s Deputy Principal Harvinder Sidhu held that the project was carried out for years with the voluntary help of Australian specialists, researchers and war veterans. He hoped that the software will benefit the Vietnamese government’s efforts in searching and collecting the war martyrs’ remains.

On the same day, the Vietnamese delegation met with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs under the Government of Australia. At the event, General Chiem suggested that the Australian governmental agency should inform their war veterans about the aspiration of the Vietnamese government and people for the search and collection of war martyrs’ remains and call on them to share any information or materials related to fallen Vietnamese soldiers in the past.

Translated by Trung Thanh