Vietnam 500-day war-dead identification campaign (Sept 2026)

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.

• [DISPUTED] The 500‑day‑night campaign had recovered a total of 1,488 martyr remains by 25 July 2026, including 1,024 from Laos and Cambodia.
• [DISPUTED] The campaign has recovered 1,563 sets of fallen soldiers’ remains.
• [DISPUTED] The Vietnamese government reported a total of 488 war dead bodies recovered across Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as part of the 500‑day search campaign.
• [● 19 SOURCES] The 79th anniversary of War Invalids‑Martyrs Day was observed on 27 July 2026.
• [● 8 SOURCES] Xaysomphone Phomvihane passed away on August 8, 2026, at 11:18 AM.
• [● 7 SOURCES] National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man led a delegation to Le Thi Rieng Park on 26 July 2026 to lay flowers and incense.
• [● 6 SOURCES] The televised ceremony “Sao sáng dẫn đường” was broadcast on 26 July 2026 from four locations: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Tuyên Quang and Quảng Trị.
• [● 6 SOURCES] General Secretary and President To Lam attended the ceremony in Hanoi.

Timeline

1. 1 day ago

   [INTERNATIONAL] 13 sources

   Vietnam transports 13,563 remains samples to Hanoi for DNA testing

   Vietnam has transported 13,563 remains samples from southern provinces to Hanoi via military aircraft for DNA testing to identify fallen soldiers.

2. 1 day ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Bac Ninh officials inspect martyr remains sampling process

   Bac Ninh officials inspected the sampling of unidentified martyr remains for DNA testing to aid in identification efforts through digital and scientific methods.

3. 3 days ago

   [CULTURE] 9 sources

   Vietnam conducts memorial services and martyr remains recovery efforts

   Vietnam conducts various memorial services for flood victims and intensive efforts to recover and identify martyr remains across multiple provinces, alongside maritime patrols to combat IUU fishing.

4. 3 days ago

   [CULTURE] 7 sources

   Vietnam recovers martyr remains and artifacts for DNA identification

   Vietnamese authorities are recovering martyr remains and personal artifacts, including photos and wallets, to facilitate DNA identification and locate surviving relatives in Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Quang

5. 6 days ago

   [INTERNATIONAL] 4 sources

   Vietnam launches missions to recover martyr remains in Laos

   Vietnamese military teams from Quang Tri and Ha Tinh provinces have begun missions to recover the remains of fallen volunteers and experts in Laos for the 2026-2027 dry season.

6. 6 days ago

   [CULTURE] 2 sources

   Vietnam military teams recover war martyr remains in Tuyen Quang and Quang Tri

   Military search teams in Vietnam have recovered several sets of war martyr remains in Tuyen Quang and Quang Tri provinces, utilizing veteran accounts and construction site discoveries.

7. 6 days ago

   [CULTURE] 3 sources

   Vietnam recovers personal artifacts to identify unidentified martyrs

   Vietnamese authorities are recovering personal items, such as wallets and jewelry, from unidentified martyrs' graves to aid DNA testing and identity verification processes.

8. 8 days ago

   [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources

   Vietnamese provinces launch missions to recover martyr remains in Laos

   Vietnamese provinces Thanh Hoa and Quang Tri have deployed teams to Laos to recover the remains of Vietnamese martyrs during the 2026-2027 dry season.

9. 8 days ago

   [POLITICS] 5 sources

   Vietnam returns wartime records and continues search for soldier remains

   Vietnam authorities are returning historical wartime documents to officials in Lao Cai and deploying teams to Cambodia to continue the search and exhumation of Vietnamese soldier remains.

10. 8 days ago

    [CULTURE] 6 sources

    Le Thi Rieng Park: 564 sets of martyr remains recovered

    The Ho Chi Minh City Command has recovered 564 sets of martyr remains at Le Thi Rieng Park since June 23, including 263 sets with artifacts, as excavation efforts continue in the park's Area B.

11. 10 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 4 sources

    Vietnam launches missions to recover martyrs' remains in Cambodia

    Vietnamese military teams K90, K92, and K93 are launching new missions to search for and repatriate the remains of Vietnamese volunteers and experts from various provinces in Cambodia.

12. 15 days ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources

    Vietnam 500-day campaign recovers over 2,000 martyr remains

    Vietnam's 500-day campaign has recovered 2,014 sets of martyr remains across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, with intensive DNA sampling underway to identify the fallen.

13. 18 days ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam transfers 7,000 war martyr remains for DNA identification

    Over 7,000 bone samples from war martyrs have been transported to Hanoi for DNA analysis to assist in their identification.

14. 20 days ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam launches large-scale DNA sampling campaign to identify fallen soldiers

    Vietnam is conducting a major campaign to identify fallen soldiers by collecting DNA samples from remains in Hue and Tay Ninh for forensic testing at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

15. 23 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 11 sources

    Vietnam intensifies DNA testing to identify war martyrs

    Vietnam is conducting a nationwide effort to identify war martyrs, transporting thousands of biological samples from various provinces to specialized institutes for DNA testing and identification.

16. 24 days ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources

    Vinh Long begins search for martyr remains at city park

    Vinh Long authorities have begun excavating Vinh Long City Park to recover the remains of soldiers lost during the 1968 Tet Offensive, guided by veteran testimonies and a nationwide search campaign.

17. 26 days ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Vietnam advances DNA sampling to identify fallen soldiers

    Vietnam is advancing efforts to identify fallen soldiers, with Ho Chi Minh City completing DNA sampling for over 9,800 graves and An Giang discovering personal artifacts to aid identification.

18. 27 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 17 sources

    Vietnam and Cambodia to intensify search for war martyrs' remains

    Vietnam and Cambodia are intensifying joint efforts to search for and repatriate Vietnamese soldiers' remains from the war, while local searches continue in Ho Chi Minh City.

19. 29 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 6 sources

    Vietnam seeks U.S. assistance to identify war dead

    Vietnam is seeking U.S. support to accelerate the identification of war dead by requesting declassified records, veteran information, and advanced DNA sequencing technologies from the DPAA.

20. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 3 sources

    Vietnam search teams recover more martyr remains in Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City

    Search teams in Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City have recovered additional martyr remains, including new mass graves discovered at Le Thi Rieng Park.

21. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Vietnam recovers 245 sets of martyr remains at Le Thi Rieng Park

    Vietnam is conducting extensive efforts to recover and identify martyr remains, including the discovery of 245 sets of remains at Le Thi Rieng Park and a surge in public information via a national hotline.

22. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Da Nang Military Command verifies 17 suspected war dead

    Da Nang’s military command reviewed evidence that 17 remains found in 1994 may be war martyrs, with witnesses confirming the discovery and subsequent re‑burials, but official identification remains pending.

23. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam advances 500‑day campaign to recover war martyrs' remains

    Vietnam’s 500‑day campaign recovered 519 remains in Ho Chi Minh City and 511 in Tay Ninh, with DNA sampling of over 16,000 graves and cooperation with Cambodia to identify war martyrs.

24. about 1 month ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 8 sources

    Vietnam locates 197 war dead remains at Le Thi Rieng Park

    Vietnamese forces recovered 197 war dead remains at Le Thi Rieng Park and repatriated 511 remains from Cambodia, while additional remains were found in Da Nẵng and Gia Lai, with DNA testing underway.

25. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam War mass graves identified in Dong Nai and Tay Ninh

    Vietnamese forensic teams K72 and K71 have uncovered mass graves in Dong Nai and Tay Ninh, recovering dozens of soldier remains from the 1960s, including a set likely belonging to Võ Văn Phú.

26. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 6 sources

    Da Nang war grave excavation uncovers artifacts, helps identify fallen soldiers

    Excavations at Da Nang’s Bắc Trà My war cemetery uncovered plaques, a leather belt, a plastic‑pressed ID card for Nguyễn Văn Dục and other artifacts, aiding DNA‑based identification of fallen soldiers.

27. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam's 500‑Day Night Campaign Finds Over 1,500 War Hero Remains

    Vietnam's 500‑day night campaign has identified 1,563 war hero remains (including in Laos and Cambodia) and nine collective graves, with DNA sampling at nearly 89 000 graves and a nationwide SMS outreach effort

28. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 3 sources

    Đội K72 uncovers new artifacts in Minh Đức war graves, Vietnam

    Team K72 of Dong Nai uncovered pens, a comb and photos with engraved names in Minh Đức war graves, seeking families' help to identify the fallen soldiers.

29. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 5 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City expands search at Le Thi Rieng Park, discovers 5 more war‑martyr remains

    Ho Chi Minh City’s military command has excavated a second trench at Le Thi Rieng Park, finding five more war‑martyr remains and bringing the total to 155 sets, with plans to move the memorial and continue digs

30. about 1 month ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 8 sources

    Vietnam recovers 1,563 fallen soldiers’ remains in 500‑day campaign

    Vietnam’s 500‑day campaign has recovered 1,563 fallen soldiers’ remains (539 Vietnam, 174 Laos, 850 Cambodia), found nine mass graves, and sampled DNA from over 88,000 graves.

31. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam's Martyrs' Day Drives Efforts to Identify Hundreds of Missing War Victims

    Vietnam's Martyrs' Day ceremony highlighted the push to identify hundreds of missing war victims, with ICMP support and a 500‑day effort that recovered 1,488 remains.

32. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources

    Vietnam speeds up DNA sampling of unidentified war heroes before rainy season

    Vietnam's Quảng Ngãi and An Giang provinces intensify DNA sampling of unidentified war dead, uncovering personal artifacts and forming new teams to finish before the rainy season.

33. about 2 months ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources

    Vietnam and Laos bring home remains of 12 Vietnamese soldiers

    Vietnam and Laos have recovered 174 Vietnamese war remains, including 12 handed over in May 2025, and renewed a joint agreement in July 2026 to continue searching and repatriating all fallen volunteers.

34. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 3 sources

    Vietnam holds nationwide ceremonies to honor war heroes on July 27

    Vietnam commemorated war heroes on July 27 with nationwide bell‑drum ceremonies, shrine visits by officials, and tribute meals prepared for mothers of martyrs.

35. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 26 sources

    Vietnam marks 79th War Invalids and Martyrs Day with nationwide ceremonies

    Vietnam marked the 79th War Invalids and Martyrs Day with a nationwide TV programme, a 500‑day‑night recovery campaign reporting 1,488 remains found, free flu‑vaccine distribution and legal reforms recognising

36. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Vietnam discovers two leather wallets with photos in Dong Nai mass grave

    Team K72 uncovered six soldier remains and two leather wallets with photos at a Dong Nai mass grave, aiding identification of fallen troops and families.

37. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 7 sources

    Vietnam ramps up DNA sampling to identify unidentified war dead

    Vietnam accelerates DNA sampling and field excavations to identify thousands of unidentified war dead, with provincial drives in Cà Mau, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai under a national 500‑day‑night campaign.

38. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 11 sources

    Vietnam's 500‑Day‑Night Campaign Finds 1,488 War Dead Remains

    Vietnam’s 500‑Day‑Night campaign has recovered 1,488 war dead across Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, with ongoing digs, DNA work and nationwide memorials as 175,000 remain unidentified.

39. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam families locate war hero graves after decades of searching

    Vietnam teacher Nguyễn Sỹ Hồ digitized war tomb data, aiding families, while DNA testing returned martyr Nguyễn Trọng Cát’s remains home after 54 years.

40. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam awards heroic mother titles and advances search for unidentified war remains

    Vietnam honored four heroic mothers and eight fallen soldiers in Cà Mau while Lào Cai accelerated a campaign to identify unknown war remains and support affected families.

41. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Vietnam restores war hero portraits for families

    Vietnamese volunteers restored over 60 war‑hero photos in Hai Phong and 19 more in Ho Chi Minh, letting families see their loved ones’ faces again, sparking emotional reunions.

42. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Vietnam's Military Holds 'Promise to Mother' Ceremony Honoring War Heroes

    Vietnam staged the ‘Promise to Mother’ ceremony on July 23 in Hanoi, honoring war heroes and advancing a 500‑day campaign to locate and identify missing soldiers.

43. about 2 months ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources

    Vingroup pledges 11 trillion dong for veteran housing and DNA identification in Vietnam

    Vingroup will spend 11 trillion dong on homes for veteran mothers, monthly support for martyrs' children, and modern DNA testing to ID war remains, with rollout through July 2027.

44. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 9 sources

    Vietnam expands search after second mass grave found at Ho Chi Minh City park

    Vietnamese forces have uncovered a second mass grave at Ho Chi Minh City’s Le Thị Riêng Park and are expanding searches, while a collective tomb in Minh Đức, Đồng Nai, was also located after civilians found a 7

45. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Vietnam provinces collect DNA to identify unknown war dead

    Vietnamese provinces Đắk Lắk and Khánh Hòa are collecting DNA from relatives of unknown war dead to identify missing soldiers, involving thousands of families and sending samples to Hanoi for analysis.

46. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 23 sources

    Vietnam marks 79th Veterans Day with mass ceremonies and war‑dead recovery

    Vietnam’s 79th Veterans Day saw mass ceremonies, a live TV tribute and the 500‑day‑night campaign recovering 1 488 war‑dead remains, including at Le Thi Rieng Park and Hang Da Sáp.

47. about 2 months ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 10 sources

    Vietnam's VNeID app adds feature to connect relatives of martyrs

    Vietnam's VNeID app now offers a 'Connect martyrs' relatives' feature, enabling level‑2 ID users to search martyrs, submit kinship proof and assist DNA identification of unidentified remains.

48. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Dong Nai Search Teams Uncover Two Collective War Graves in Minh Duc

    Team K72 in Dong Nai uncovered two collective war graves in Minh Đức, finding weapons and personal items that will aid DNA identification of anti‑American soldiers.

49. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 8 sources

    Vietnam expands DNA sampling to identify war martyrs

    Vietnam’s 500‑day DNA campaign gathers thousands of samples and recovers remains across Hanoi, Tuyen Quang, Huế, Da Nẵng and other provinces to identify over 175,000 unknown war martyrs.

50. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 5 sources

    Vietnam marks 80th Veteran‑Marty Day with provincial visits and national steering committee plan

    Vietnam officials visited veteran families in An Giang and Ho Chi Minh City while a national steering committee issued a decree to organise the 80th Veteran‑Marty Day celebrations.

51. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam war veterans honored in Quảng Trị and Hà Tĩnh

    Vietnam commemorated its war veterans in July 2026 with ceremonies at Quảng Trị’s Trường Sơn cemetery and a charity program delivering gifts and building homes for families in Hà Tĩnh.

52. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 7 sources

    Bệnh viện K76A search mobilizes Ho Chi Minh City to locate war heroes

    Ho Chi Minh City’s 500‑day drive seeks remains of soldiers buried near the former K76A Hospital, urging public help to locate and identify the missing war heroes after 60 years.

53. about 2 months ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 3 sources

    Alex Võ Đình Thái explains US Vietnam War archive work to locate missing soldiers

    Alex Võ Đình Thái details how US Vietnam War archives are digitised and cross‑referenced with satellite maps and Vietnamese partners to identify missing soldiers, returning documents to families.

54. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 8 sources

    Vietnam honors war heroes through remains searches, ceremonies and tributes

    Vietnam commemorates war heroes: veteran searches in Quảng Trị, exhumations in Ho Chi Minh, a ceremony for 600 Cambodia‑mission soldiers, Party leaders visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and a TV program on July 7

55. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 6 sources

    Vietnam's 500‑Day Campaign Accelerates War Martyrs Identification

    Vietnam's 500‑day campaign to locate and identify war martyrs has recovered over 100 remains, exhumed thousands of graves and collected thousands of DNA samples across the country.

56. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 10 sources

    Vietnam Parliament Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn pledges higher veteran benefits

    Vietnam’s parliament chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn visited veterans in Ho Chi Minh City, promised higher subsidies, and said a new decree expanding benefits for veterans and families will be ready by 2027.

57. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Two Vietnamese war hero remains recovered in Quang Tri province

    Two soldiers from the 968th Division were found in Quảng Trị province with personal artifacts; remains moved to a community cultural house for preservation and further identification.

58. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources

    Vietnam President To Lam visits Lê Thị Riêng Park to oversee mass‑grave search

    President To Lam visited Lê Thị Riêng Park to inspect the excavation of a 1968 mass grave, while families and veterans pray for the remains of fallen soldiers.

59. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Mass burial site uncovered in Đồng Nai, Vietnam

    Vietnam’s Đồng Nai city team uncovers a collective grave in Minh Đức, finding an AK‑47, pens with “Tiến Quy”, shoes and other war relics; officials will exhumate remains soon.

60. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam to digitise 72,000 war‑era “đi B” records and artifacts

    Vietnam plans to digitise over 72,000 war‑era “đi B” records, preserving them for families and the public.

61. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 7 sources

    Vietnam's 500‑Day Night Campaign Advances War Hero Remains Identification

    Vietnam’s 500‑day night campaign is underway in Lâm Đồng and Thái Nguyên, extracting DNA from thousands of war‑hero graves and carefully restoring the sites.

62. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City collects 93 martyr remains at Le Thi Rieng Park

    Ho Chi Minh City’s military team recovered 93 martyr remains, two collective remains and relics from Le Thi Rieng Park by 15 July 2026.

63. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam PM Le Minh Hung calls for continued care of revolutionary veterans

    Vietnam’s PM Le Minh Hung visited a war‑invalids centre, urging ministries to keep supporting revolutionary veterans, noting recent recovery of 1,300 martyr remains and expanded gratitude policies.

64. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam Politburo member Tran Cam Tu visits wounded veterans in Nghe An

    On July 15, 2026, Vietnam Politburo member Tran Cam Tu visited the Nghe An War Invalids Nursing Centre, gifting wounded veterans, praising their sacrifice and urging continued support as part of the 79th War Im

65. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam pushes soldier identification and sustainable development reforms

    Vietnam repatriated fallen soldiers and Indian tourists, built a DNA database for identification, began canal rehab and digital reforms, and marked 40 years of Doi Moi with a push for green, sustainable growth.

66. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 9 sources

    Vietnam leaders honor war veterans on 79th anniversary

    Vietnam’s top officials visited veteran centres and memorials on the 79th War Invalids‑Martyrs Day, delivering gifts, urging policy review and highlighting the ongoing campaign to identify missing martyrs.

67. 2 months ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 3 sources

    Vietnam recovers dozens of fallen soldiers' remains in Cambodia

    Vietnamese teams recovered 27 and 14 soldiers' remains in Cambodia, part of a 500‑day campaign to repatriate fallen volunteers.

68. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City launches free restoration of martyrs' photos

    Ho Chi Minh City Command and police offer free restoration and digitisation of martyrs' photos, using volunteers from TeamLee, as part of a 500‑day campaign to locate and honour war heroes ahead of the 80th War

69. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City uncovers 20 more war hero remains at Lê Thị Riêng Park

    Ho Chi Minh City’s search at Lê Thị Riêng Park added 20 war‑hero remains on 13 July, bringing the total to 69, with DNA work ongoing to identify the fallen.

70. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Quảng Ngãi ramps up DNA sampling of war dead before Dec 22 deadline

    Vietnam’s Defence Ministry deputy urged Quảng Ngãi province to finish DNA sampling of war casualties by Dec 22, after the province uncovered three remains and secured 927 DNA samples from 1,139 graves, while ph

71. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Da Nang recovers remains of five war heroes from Hang Đá Sập after 50 years

    Da Nang’s military recovered five war‑hero remains from Hang Đá Sập, a 1969 bomb‑collapsed cave, after more than 50 years of excavation.

72. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources

    Vietnam Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân Leads National War Hero Commemorations

    Vietnam’s Vice President led July ceremonies honoring war martyrs, while searches for missing soldiers continued and Da Nang’s Mother Thứ monument drew thousands of emotional visitors.

73. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 13 sources

    Vietnam intensifies 500‑day DNA campaign to identify war martyrs

    Vietnam's 500‑day campaign intensifies DNA sampling and exhumations across provinces to identify thousands of unknown war martyrs.

74. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 9 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City uncovers 49 war dead remains at Le Thi Rieng Park

    Ho Chi Minh City’s search at Le Thi Rieng Park has recovered 49 war dead remains and a collective burial, with artifacts and DNA testing underway to identify soldiers from the 1968 Tet offensive.

75. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam locates and DNA‑identifies unknown war dead from T29 battlefield and Dak Lak forest

    Vietnam's ongoing effort to locate and DNA‑identify unknown war dead sees 102 graves examined at Baoloc's T29 cemetery and two soldiers recovered from a forest in Đắk Lắk, aided by a 96‑year‑old local guide.

76. 2 months ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City receives US war archives to identify missing soldiers

    Ho Chi Minh City accepted US war documents and artifacts from Texas Tech's Vietnam War Missing Persons Initiative, boosting its 500‑day effort to locate and identify unknown soldiers.

77. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City expands search for 1968 mass graves at Tan Son Nhat Airport

    Ho Chi Minh City is expanding excavation and using radar to locate a suspected 1968 mass grave on the western side of Tan Son Nhat Airport after receiving 50 public tips.

78. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnamese officials and artists honor war veterans with gifts in An Giang and Đồng Tháp

    Vietnamese artists and officials visited An Giang and Đồng Tháp on July 9, giving gifts and honoring war veterans and their families.

79. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam commemorates war heroes in Thanh Hóa and Ho Chi Minh City

    Vietnam honors war heroes as Deputy Prime Minister Lê Tiến Châu pays tribute to Ngô Thị Tuyến in Thanh Hóa, while Ho Chi Minh City residents light incense at Le Thi Rieng Park for unidentified martyrs.

80. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Vietnam's 500‑day campaign locates 1,312 war‑dead remains

    Vietnam's 500‑day campaign, backed by a July 2026 decree, has found 1,312 war‑dead remains (including in Laos and Cambodia) and is building a DNA gene‑bank to identify them.

81. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 7 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City Search Finds 29 War Remains at Lê Thị Riang Park

    Ho Chi Minh City teams uncovered 29 sets of war remains at Lê Thị Riang Park, using excavators and DNA testing in a 500‑day recovery drive.

82. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Cà Mau sends 237 war‑dead samples to Hanoi for DNA identification

    Cà Mau province sent 237 unidentified war‑dead samples to Hanoi for DNA testing, part of a drive to identify all 3,382 unknown graves by early 2027.

83. 2 months ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources

    Vietnamese military teams recover war dead remains in Laos and Cambodia

    Vietnamese military units in Laos and Cambodia have recovered war‑dead remains, with recent missions locating 170 bodies and total recoveries reaching 6,871 over 25 years, while also providing humanitarian aid.

84. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 5 sources

    Nghệ An province collects 17,800 DNA samples from soldiers' families

    Nghệ An province gathered 17,831 DNA samples from soldiers' relatives in a week, aiming to identify over 22,000 unknown war dead.

85. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 7 sources

    Vietnam advances search for missing war martyrs in 500‑day night campaign

    Vietnam’s 500‑day night campaign has recovered over 1,300 war‑martyr remains, sampled 35,000 graves and is using DNA testing and modern tech, with teams in Laos and Cambodia.

86. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City military runs youth training and checks war hero identity

    Ho Chi Minh City’s military held a youth training camp for 130 children and is verifying the identity of war‑hero remains found in Lê Thị Rieng Park.

87. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Vietnam leaders Lê Minh Hưng and Nguyễn Văn Thắng honor fallen war heroes

    Vietnam's Lê Minh Hưng and Nguyễn Văn Thắng held ceremonies on 6 July 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City and central provinces, honoring thousands of war martyrs and historic sites.

88. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 11 sources

    Ho Chi Minh City uncovers multiple 1968 war mass graves at Lê Thị Riêng Park

    Ho Chi Minh City’s 2026 search at Lê Thị Riêng Park uncovered 11 war dead from 1968, identified one soldier, and launched a 500‑day campaign to locate all missing heroes.

89. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam launches free elderly health checks and nationwide DNA drive for unidentified war dead

    Vietnam will provide free annual health checks for seniors in 2026 and has begun a nationwide DNA collection to identify unidentified war dead, alongside new housing, rail projects and rising tourism and FDI.

90. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam's Quang Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces gather DNA samples to identify unknown war dead

    Vietnam's Quang Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces have collected 58 and 43 DNA samples respectively from unidentified war graves, advancing a national campaign to identify missing heroes.

91. 2 months ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 3 sources

    Vietnamese Team K72 Returns 62 War Remains from Cambodia

    Vietnam’s Team K72 retrieved 62 remains of volunteer soldiers and experts from Cambodia’s Kratie and Kampong Thom provinces and returned them to Dong Nai for burial after a three‑month search.

92. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam accelerates DNA sampling of war dead in 500‑day identification campaign

    Vietnam's 500‑day campaign expands DNA sampling of war dead, with officials visiting Cần Thơ samplers and veterans like Lê Thị Tâm helping identify unknown soldiers.

93. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam Deputy Political Chief Lê Quang Minh Leads 500‑Day Search for War Martyrs' Remains

    Vietnam’s Lt Gen Lê Quang Minh inspected the 500‑day campaign to locate war martyrs’ remains in Ho Chi Minh City and Quảng Ngãi, praising forces and reporting one set of remains recovered.

94. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Vietnam Launches Nationwide DNA Campaign to Identify Missing Soldiers

    Vietnam has started a national DNA‑sampling drive to identify missing soldiers, with over 1,100 remains already recovered in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

95. 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam Advances Search for War Hero Remains in Quang Tri Province

    Vietnam’s Quang Tri Search Team recovered eight war‑hero remains, raising the season total to 151, and is conducting DNA tests to identify unknown soldiers.

96. 3 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Vietnam expands DNA program to identify thousands of unknown war dead

    Vietnam ramps up DNA sampling of war remains and relatives in Dong Thap and Ninh Binh, aiming to identify thousands of unknown soldiers and close families' long‑standing gaps.

97. 3 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources

    Hue city uses radar to locate possible mass graves of 1968 war dead

    Hue city and Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense used ground‑penetrating radar from June 25‑28 to survey three sites in the Imperial City, seeking collective graves of about 15 soldiers killed in the 1968 Spring Off‑

98. 3 months ago

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    Vietnam launches national DNA campaign to identify missing war martyrs

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