Decades after the war, the work of locating, recovering, and identifying the remains of fallen soldiers remains a task of exceptional importance, carrying profound political significance while reflecting the nation’s moral principle of “Never forget your roots.”

The Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) organised a ceremony in Ha Noi on December 11 to announce DNA identification results of the remains of fallen soldiers, using a newly developed genomic analysis process (NGS–SNP).