Analysis completed on over 11,100 DNA samples from relatives of fallen soldiers.

As of July 20th, the Department of Administrative Management of Social Order (C06, Ministry of Public Security) has completed the analysis of 11,138 DNA samples from relatives of martyrs, and has updated the national identity database with more than 10,000 DNA data entries of martyrs' relatives.

On the afternoon of July 25th, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Public Security held a conference to review the first year of implementing Plan No. 356/KH-BCA on collecting DNA samples for relatives of unidentified martyrs. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the conference.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the conference. Photo: PHUNG ANH

According to a report from the Ministry of Public Security, C06 coordinated with relevant units to collect 57,273 samples from Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, mothers and relatives of martyrs nationwide.

In various localities, C06 coordinated with PC06 and local police to organize more than 500 mobile collection sessions for elderly and infirm relatives of martyrs who were unable to travel, and organized centralized sample collection in those localities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the results of DNA testing on the remains of fallen soldiers to representatives of their families. Photo: PHUNG ANH

As of July 20th, C06 had completed the analysis of 11,138 DNA samples from relatives of fallen soldiers, and simultaneously updated the identity database with more than 10,000 DNA data entries of relatives of fallen soldiers.

In early May 2025, C06 chaired a meeting with the Department of Social Policy (Ministry of National Defense), the Department of War Invalids and Martyrs (Ministry of Interior), and DNA testing laboratories for remains and relatives of martyrs to receive and transfer remains and DNA samples from relatives to laboratories for analysis and comparison.

Relatives of fallen soldiers at the conference. Photo: PHUNG ANH

Since then, laboratories have analyzed more than 5,400 DNA results from a total of over 17,600 skeletal remains samples. Approximately 12,200 skeletal remains remain unanalyzed and untested.

According to a representative from C06, the implementation of collecting DNA information from relatives of fallen soldiers, prioritizing individuals such as the soldier's mother and the mother of the soldier's mother, is a good preparatory step for the search and identification of the remains of fallen soldiers. DNA identification from the mother is the most valuable in performing DNA matching of the remains of fallen soldiers.

Conference scene. Photo: PHUNG ANH

Many mothers of fallen soldiers whose identities remain unknown have passed away before their DNA samples could be collected, representing a tremendous loss in the journey of searching for and verifying the remains of fallen soldiers. To date, many of these mothers are elderly and frail, making DNA sample collection extremely difficult.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/hoan-thanh-phan-tich-hon-11100-mau-adn-than-nhan-liet-si-post805415.html