The central province is one of the six localities nationwide to pilot the UN-REDD+ Programme Phase II. The provincial authorities have joined hands with Cambodian localities in the search and repatriation of martyrs’ remains over the past number of years, he highlighted. The retrieval of soldiers’ remains is difficult due to a lack of information. Since 2000, local authorities and Military Zone 7 have retrieved 3,881 sets of martyrs’ remains through 15 phases of searching in Cambodia. Vietnam has nearly 1.2 million soldiers who fell in the wars defending the country and in international missions, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Source: VietNamNet News July 27, 2016 02:26 UTC