Vice Chairman of the General Department of Political Affairs Senior Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh attended the conference.
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GDP Vice Chairman Senior Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh attends the conference in Thai Nguyen. |
In 2026, the search, recovery and identification of fallen soldiers’ remains, with a focus on implementing the 500-day campaign across the province, received strong leadership and direction from authorities and sectors at all levels. The forces directly involved in the mission demonstrated a high sense of responsibility, overcame difficulties, and conducted searches, excavations and biological sample collection in accordance with established procedures. Notably, the province completed sample collection from all 941 graves of fallen soldiers whose identities had yet to be established. The biological samples were handed over to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine under the Ministry of Health on September 10, 2026, ahead of the original schedule for the fourth quarter of 2026.
* Dak Lak province has implemented the 500-day campaign with urgency, and determination. As of October 21, the province had recovered 48 sets of fallen soldiers’ remains, including 30 in Viet Nam and 18 in Cambodia. It also launched simultaneous biological sample collection from 4,019 graves at 33 cemeteries, nearly four months ahead of the deadline set by Military Region 5.
* At a conference on October 23 reviewing the search, recovery and identification mission in 2026, the Steering Committee 515 of Gia Lai province reported that as of October 22, the province recovered 85 sets of fallen soldiers’ remains, including 57 in Viet Nam and 28 in Cambodia. Biological sample collection has been completed at 113 of the province’s 119 war cemeteries. Sample collection from relatives of fallen soldiers had also reached a completion rate of 94.54%.
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Major General Doan Quang Hoa, Director of the Department of Policy and Social Affairs, speaks at the conference in Gia Lai province. |
* On the same day, the Steering Committee 515 of Hai Phong city held a conference to review its task performance in searching for, recovering and identifying fallen soldiers’ remains lacking sufficient information, and assess the first phase of the 500-day campaign.
In 2026, the city’s Steering Committee 515 recovered 89 sets of fallen soldiers’ remains. Biological sample collection from the remains and relatives of fallen soldiers was conducted in a coordinated and rigorous manner, exceeding the schedule by more than four months.
Translated by Quynh Oanh