Remains of 200,000 Vietnam War soldiers still missing, 300,000 unidentified

Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan pays respect to the tombstones of unidentified soldiers who died during the Vietnam War in Nghe An, central Vietnam, July 16, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Chi Tam

Vietnam has still not found the remains of its 200,000 soldiers from the Vietnam War, while 300,000 remains have yet to be identified, an official said.

Nguyen Ba Hoan, Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers died during the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. The remains of around 200,000 soldiers have yet to be found, while 300,000 found remains have yet to be identified, he added.

The labor ministry has cooperated with the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and other relevant entities to look into different measures to find and identify more remains, including the decipherment of army unit symbols to figure out the locations where soldiers died, Hoan said Wednesday.

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