[VOVWORLD] - More than five decades after the war, thousands of graves in martyrs’ cemeteries in Dak Lak province remain marked only as “Unknown Martyr”. Local authorities are intensifying efforts to collect DNA samples and digitize burial records under the ongoing 500-day campaign to identify fallen soldiers in order to help restore the identities of those who laid down their lives for the nation.

[VOVWORLD] - Gia Lai province will conduct a province-wide campaign from Saturday to Tuesday to collect DNA samples from relatives of fallen soldiers whose identities have yet to be confirmed.

[VOVWORLD] - The search for, recovery and identification of fallen soldiers’ remains is a sacred responsibility to the nation and the people, as well as a matter of conscience and a shared aspiration of every Vietnamese citizen.

[VOVWORLD] - Lam Dong has completed the collection of biological samples for DNA testing at 9 out of 11 cemeteries throughout the province as part of the nationwide 500-day campaign to search for, recover, and identify the remains of fallen soldiers.

[VOVWORLD] - Ca Mau province has accelerated the digitization of martyrs' grave data to support the decoding of grave markers and improve field searches as part of the nationwide 500-Day Campaign to locate, recover, and identify the remains of fallen soldiers.

[VOVWORLD] - As Vietnam marks the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27, Lai Chau and Dien Bien provinces have launched meaningful activities to honor those who sacrificed their lives for the nation while supporting the nationwide 500-Day Campaign to search for and identify the remains of fallen soldiers.

[VOVWORLD] - During the 500-day campaign to search for, recover, and identify of martyrs' remains, advanced DNA testing technology and a national digital database have provided effective tools for identifying the remains of fallen soldiers and returning the martyrs to their families.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam has recovered the remains of 1,384 fallen soldiers during the first four months of the nationwide "500-Day Campaign" to search for, recover and identify martyrs' remains, while accelerating DNA collection and verification efforts to identify those still missing personal information.

[VOVWORLD] - Working groups from the National Steering Committee for the Search, Recovery and Identification of Martyrs' Remains (Steering Committee 515) and Military Region 3 on Monday inspected operations in Quang Ngai and Ninh Binh provinces to accelerate the implementation of the nationwide 500-Day Campaign.

[VOVWORLD] - On January 31, 1968, Vietnamese people and soldiers undertook a historic Spring General Offensive and Uprising, widely known as the Tet Offensive. Many laid down their lives during the battle. Now, soldiers and officers from the Ho Chi Minh City High Command are working day and night searching for the remains of these heroes to return them to their loved ones.