The Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) on April 4 handed over fivedossiers concerning fallen Vietnamese soldiers to the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue.

The event took place during a visit to Thua Thien-Hue by a VVA delegation headed by its vice president Jack Gerald Devine.

One of the dossiers contains information on a burying area in Chan May-Lang Co in Phu Loc district.

Jack Gerald Devine briefed local officials about outcomes of the“Veteran Initiative Programme” which collects information regardingVietnamese fallen soldiers and discussed the process of searching forthe two countries’ missing soldiers.

Standing ViceChairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee Ngo Hoa spoke highlyof VVA’s activities over the past time, especially in helping search forVietnamese missing soldiers.

“This is ahumanitarian programme that has contributed to healing the war woundsand boosting the friendship and cooperation between the US andVietnam ”, he said.

Hoa expressed his hopes thatVVA will continue to provide information about Vietnamese missingsoldiers and pledged that the province will coordinate and createfavourable conditions for the search for US missing-in-action soldiers.

Established in 1978, VVA aims to serve the interestof war veterans and their families. In 1999, VVA sent the firstdelegation to Vietnam under the Veteran Initiative Programme inresponse to Vietnam ’s goodwill towards missing in action (MIA)issues./.