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Prime Minister demands all-round efforts to search for remains of martyrs
VGP – Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called for all-round efforts to search for, collect and identify remains of martyrs.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung (right) and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Party Committee Tran Luu Quang move the remains of martyrs found at Le Thi Rieng Cultural Park to preservation area, Ho Chi Minh City, July 6, 2026. Photo: VGP
Le made the call while addressing the launch ceremony of a search and recovery operation for the remains of fallen soldiers held at the Le Thi Rieng Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on July 6.
The event is part of the country's ongoing 500-day campaign to search for, collect and identify remains of martyrs nationwide.
Investigations have led to the preliminary identification of several suspected mass graves believed to contain the remains of soldiers killed during the Mau Than Spring 1968 General Offensive and Uprising in the area now occupied by Le Thi Rieng Cultural Park in Hoa Hung ward.
The offensive, commonly known in the west as the Tet Offensive, was one of the largest military campaigns against the American military forces.
Viet Nam targets to search for and recover 3,000 martyrs' remains in 2026, according to the National Steering Committee for the Search for, Recovery and Identification of Martyrs' Remains.
As of June 22, authorities had recovered 1,255 martyrs' remains out of a target of 7,000 set out in the campaign.
DNA-related samples had been collected from 12,127 graves lacking identifying information, out of an estimated 230,000.
The Ministry of Public Security had analysed approximately 53,000 DNA samples and integrated nearly 18,000 results into a national database./.