Vietnam hands over 4 U.S. soldier remains

Vietnam handed over to the United States four remains of whom are thought to belong to U.S. servicemen missing during the Vietnam War, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Friday.

The handover ceremony held at Da Nang International Airport in central Da Nang city on Thursday marked the 102nd handover of missing U.S. servicemen's remains since 1973, making a total of 854 sets of remains repatriated so far.

Attending the ceremony were representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel, the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.

Source: Xinhua