The event was jointly organised by the Soldiers' Heart Organisation, the Vietnam Women's Museum, the Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative (VWAI), and the Forever Twenty Club.
The VWAI is a humanitarian program supported by the US Department of Defense, with Texas Tech University leading the research and analysis of archival materials relating to the Vietnam War, in cooperation with agencies and partners in both the United States and Vietnam.
In the first half of 2026, the research team processed and analysed more than 200 representative war records, uncovering the information of more than 1,500 Vietnamese military personnel named in US archival documents. These records have been handed over to the National Steering Committee for the Search, Recovery and Identification of Fallen Soldiers' Remains (National Steering Committee 515).
On the occasion, the organisers presented restored portraits of martyrs to their families. Ta Thi Minh Thu from Lang Son Province, a relative of martyr Le Van Nghia, said: "Le Van Nghia was born in 1942, enlisted in the army in March 1964, and died in action in 1968. Before he joined the army, my uncle had a photograph taken as a keepsake. It was the only memento our family had of him. Over the years, the photograph became badly faded. Having it restored has brought great comfort and encouragement to our family."
At the ceremony, the Ninh Binh Provincial Association of Former People's Police Officers donated 10 portraits of female martyrs of the Lam Ha Militia, which were restored in 2024, to the Ninh Binh Museum.
