Hanoi, Dec. 13 -- The 171st repatriation ceremony for the remains of US servicemen missing in action (MIA) from the war in Vietnam took place at Gia Lam airport in Hanoi on December 13, following a recent unilateral search in the northern province of Lao Cai.

The remains, jointly examined by Vietnamese and US forensic experts on December 5, were preliminarily deemed as potentially linked to US personnel lost during the war. They will be sent to a laboratory in Hawaii for additional testing and identification.

US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper thanked the Vietnamese Government for its strong and sustained commitment to this humanitarian effort, calling it a proof of deepening people-to-people cooperation that has underpinned the norm...