Gia Lai’s search team for fallen soldiers' remains deployed to Cambodia
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai’s Steering Committee 515 on November 12 held a send-off for the provincial military command’s K52 search team to Cambodia to locate and repatriate remains of Vietnamese soldiers who fell down there during wartime.
With their mission taking place between now and the end of the 2025 dry season, the team is set to be divided into multiple units to conduct searches across Cambodia’s northeastern provinces of Preah Vihear, Stung Treng, and Ratanakiri. The trip marks their 24th deployment to the neighbouring country. Over the past 23 years, the team has recovered and repatriated remains of 1,489 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts.
At the ceremony, Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich, vice chairwoman of the Gia Lai People’s Committee and head of Steering Committee 515, commended the K52 for their dedication, solidarity, and resilience in carrying out their mission at home and abroad.
According to the team leader Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Xuan Toan, it found and sent home remains of 21 Vietnamese soldiers during the 2023-2024 dry season in Cambodia.
