The first congress of the Association to Assist Families of Fallen Servicemen was held in Hanoi on October 24 in the presence of Deputy Prime Ministers Pham Gia Khiem and Nguyen Thien Nhan.
The association set some main targets such as collecting information on the remains of fallen soldiers, providing advice for those who want to search for soldiers’ remains, and identifying genes of unknown remains according to the law.
The association’s activities are non-profit and serve only the search and identification of the remains of unknown soldiers.
General Le Van Han, head of the association, said the DNA identification of the remains of those killed in action has proved accurate and some biological institutes are willing to undertake establishing a gene bank for the fallen soldiers.
Addressing the association’s congress, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan stressed the hardship as well as significance of the searching work, which he said would help ease the hearts of relatives of soldiers killed in action.
The association set some main targets such as collecting information on the remains of fallen soldiers, providing advice for those who want to search for soldiers’ remains, and identifying genes of unknown remains according to the law.
The association’s activities are non-profit and serve only the search and identification of the remains of unknown soldiers.
General Le Van Han, head of the association, said the DNA identification of the remains of those killed in action has proved accurate and some biological institutes are willing to undertake establishing a gene bank for the fallen soldiers.
Addressing the association’s congress, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan stressed the hardship as well as significance of the searching work, which he said would help ease the hearts of relatives of soldiers killed in action.