The discovery of the remains and UXO was made on December 19. Upon receiving the information, the Military Command of the city mobilized personnel to excavate the remains and UXO.

The unit will work with the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to carry out DNA tests and will dispose of the UXO.

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The Military Command of Dien Bien Phu city of the Northwestern province of Dien Bien started the excavation of soldiers’ remains and unexploded ordnance on December 21.

Hill A1 in Muong Thanh district, Dien Bien Phu city is the site of the most famous battle of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.

The 32-meter-high hill, covering 82,000sq.m. and located 500m West of the headquarters of the French troops’ strongholds during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, was the scene of the fiercest combat between Vietnamese and French militaries in 1954.

With other Eastern hills, A1 created a shield protecting the central sector of the entrenched camp of Dien Bien Phu, the bunker of General de Castries. More than 2,500 Vietnam officials and soldiers and about 800 French soldiers died on the hill.

Source: VNA