Prime Minister Le Minh Hung offered flowers in commemoration of the late general secretary Tran Phu and the heroes' memorial house on the first day of the search for martyrs' remains at Le Thi Rieng park.
The Ho Chi Minh City Command is coordinating with a University of Texas research team to search for and identify the graves of martyrs who died in battles over 50 years ago.
Military personnel and experts are surveying 2,500 square meters at Le Thi Rieng Park to locate three suspected mass graves believed to hold around 900 martyrs and civilians, following a search that began on the morning of 15/6.
