Hue: 500-day campaign samples 1,456 unidentified martyrs

  • Offering incense to pay tribute to war martyrs at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Offering incense to pay tribute to war martyrs at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Collecting samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
A programme to collect biological samples from unidentified martyrs' remains for DNA analysis was launched at the martyrs' cemetery of Hue city on June 16 as part of the Government-launched nationwide 500-day campaign to accelerate the search for, recovery and identification of martyrs' remains. The programme, organised by the Steering Committee for the Search, Recovery and Identification of Martyrs' Remains of Hue city in coordination with the People's Committee of An Cuu ward, will see the excavation, digitisation of information, biological sample collection and restoration of gravesites for 1,456 unidentified martyrs' graves through August 14. VNA Photo: Mai Trang

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