Can Tho, July 2 -- Can Tho city's Steering Committee 515 dispatched 670 bone samples from unidentified war martyrs to the Military Institute of Forensic Medicine in Hanoi for DNA analysis on July 2, following an incense ceremony at the municipal Martyrs' Cemetery.

Two teams exhumed 807 graves of unknown soldiers at the site, and after technical screening, 670 bone samples were deemed viable for genetic analysis as of June 30, 15 days ahead of schedule, the committee said.

The samples were immediately trucked to Can Tho International Airport after the ceremony for airlift to Hanoi.

The DNA data will be cross-referenced with a database of relatives' genetic profiles, a step toward identifying the fallen and ending decades of uncertainty ...