A repatriation ceremony for 3 sets of remains believed to belong to US servicemen listed as Missing in Action (MIA) during the war in Viet Nam took place at Da Nang international airport on 2 April. 

Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

The remains were recovered during the 126^th Joint Field Activity from February – April this year and will be flown to Hawaii for further examination.

It has been the 140^th hand-over to the US since 1973.

Speaking at the event, a US government representative thanked the Vietnamese government and people for their goodwill and effective cooperation in the humanitarian field over the past years.

Viet Nam is still looking for the remains of hundreds of thousands of its own dead and MIAs.

The 2 decade-long war in Viet Nam claimed the lives of 58,000 Americans and at least three million Vietnamese.

(Source: VNA)