Mr. Nguyen Loc Ha - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee, Head of Provincial Steering Committee 515 chaired the conference. Attending were Major General Do Van Banh - Deputy Political Commissar, Head of the 7th Military Region's Steering Committee 515; representatives of the Provincial Military Command, departments, committees, branches and localities.
Over the past time, the search and gathering of martyrs' remains has always received the attention of the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, the Command of 7th Military Region, and the Provincial Steering Committee 515. Every year, the province has searched and gathered the martyrs' remains and coordinated to take the biological products of the martyrs' remains for close and thoughtful DNA assessment.
The entire province has consolidated and archived more than 16,169 records and documents on martyrs who died in Binh Duong province over the periods; received, processed, verified and collected 77 more information about martyrs' graves, speeding up the search and gathering of martyrs' remains in the area. The implementation process ensures consistency, synchronization, closeness and on time as prescribed. Up to now, 9/9 districts, towns and cities in the province have concluded the area and made a map to search and collect the martyrs' remains.
Over the years, thousands of officers and soldiers have participated in the search and gathering of martyrs' remains and have unearthed a total of 327 martyrs' remains in 87 different locations. In addition, biological samples were taken for DNA assessment to identify martyrs for 60 cases of martyrs' graves with unknown information, missing part of information. As a result, the names of 12 martyrs were identified and returned.
At the same time, Binh Duong has coordinated with other localities to verify and correct information on martyrs' graves for cases of missing and incorrect information for 2,980 martyrs. As a result, up to now, it has received confirmation responses for 1,417 martyrs; corrected information, returned identities to 1,208 martyrs. At the same time, reviewing and providing information on martyrs, martyrs' graves and soldiers who have lost information, disappeared and have not been resolved by policy.
Overview of the conference
In the coming time, the Provincial Steering Committee 515 will continue to thoroughly grasp and propagate the Politburo's Directives; Decision of the Prime Minister and Plan of the National Steering Committee 515 to continue implementing the plan to search for martyrs' remains and identify the martyrs' remains with missing information until 2030 and the following years. In addition, continuing to collect information and take biological samples for 9,042 remains of unidentified martyrs who are buried at martyr cemeteries in the province and send them to the gene bank when there is a guiding document from the Department of People with meritorious services; at the same time, organizing to receive databases on martyrs' graves in martyr cemeteries to complete the database on martyrs and martyrs' graves.
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Loc Ha suggested that committees, branches, mass organizations and localities should promote the synergy of the entire political system; closely follow the actual situation, carry out the task of searching, gathering and identifying the martyrs' remains with missing information in a flexible and creative way, with specific solutions, suitable to the situation of each locality; organize the verification and conclusion of the areas with martyrs' graves closely; carefully process the information provided, eliminate duplicate information and build a survey and search plan closely to reality. At the same time, preventing all acts of taking advantage and forging to affect the sanctity, affection, gratitude for the martyrs and affect public opinion. Emphasizing the task of searching and gathering the martyrs' remains will continue to receive the attention, leadership and guidance of the 7th Military Region's Steering Committee 515, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee; the guidance and help of professional agencies along with many years of experience, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee believed that in the coming time, Binh Duong will continue to complete the set plan.
Reported by Doan Trang - Translated by Nguyen Trang