Hanoi, Vietnam, March 4 -- Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra

The roadmap was released on Tuesday by the National Steering Committee for Search, Collection and Identification of Remains of Marrtyrs, led by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra.

Phase 1 (January 2026 - July 2027) aims to fundamentally address existing backlogs in the search and identification of martyrs' remains.

Key targets include: (i) searching for and repatriating approximately 7,000 sets of martyrs' remains; (ii) collecting samples from about 230,000 unidentified graves nationwide; (iii) conducting DNA testing on approximately 18,000 samples; (iv) building and putting into operation a genetic database of relatives of unidentified martyrs.

Phase 2 (August ...