Vietnam martyr remains recovery campaign reaches 99.89% sampling progress

Vietnam’s ‘500-day campaign’ to search for, collect, and identify the remains of martyrs has reached significant milestones. As of October 9, 2026, the campaign has recovered 3,354 sets of remains, representing 47.91% of the total plan. This includes 2,181 remains found within Vietnam, 217 in Laos, and 956 in Cambodia.

The campaign has also achieved 99.89% progress in the sampling of martyr remains for DNA identification. To date, 33 out of 34 provinces and cities have completed their sampling tasks. The Military Institute of Forensic Medicine has received and stored 65,728 samples from 17 provinces, conducting forensic examinations on 259 samples, with 50 yielding genetic sequence results.

In Dong Thap province, local authorities have mobilized military and government forces to support the mission. The province is tasked with searching for 370 sets of remains within Vietnam and in the Cambodian provinces of Prey Veng and Pursat, while also organizing the sampling of 12,290 remains from 30 local martyr cemeteries.