In this gathering, the forces on duty found 16 sets of martyrs' remains and 4 mass graves (identified as about 18 martyrs) at high points A6a, 685 in Thanh Thuy and Minh Tan communes.
These are areas where many fierce battles took place in the fight to protect the northern border in the period 1984 - 1989.
Among them, one set of remains of a martyr who sacrificed in the resistance war against the French colonialists was found in Ban May commune.
The search teams also discovered many artifacts of soldiers such as hat stars, incense burners, belts, buttons... serving the work of verifying information and identifying martyrs.
After the incense offering, silence and farewell ceremony, the motorcade carrying the remains of heroic martyrs moved to Vi Xuyen National Martyrs' Cemetery.
Along the road from Thanh Thuy commune through Phuong Tien market to 26/3 Square, many veterans, relatives of martyrs, students and people stood on both sides of the road to welcome and see off the heroic martyrs to their resting place.
Remains of martyrs found in the 500-day and night campaign to search for and repatriate martyrs' remains.
The activities are deployed to continue searching for and bringing the remaining martyrs on the battlefield back to their comrades and families.
From there, contributing to the implementation of the morality of "When drinking water, remember the source", educating patriotism and gratitude to generations who sacrificed for the independence and sovereignty of the Fatherland.
