The 169th ceremony to return the remains of US servicemen is held in Da Nang City. Photo: qdnd.vn

According to Mr. McKeague, 2025 marks 30 years of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations and 40 years since the United States first deployed a team to search for missing servicemen in Vietnam.

Over the years, Vietnam has been active in supporting the search for US servicemen missing in action during the war in Vietnam, but 1,157 US personnel are still unaccounted for. Mr. McKeague thanked the Vietnamese Archives for supporting the United States in accessing records and materials of interest over the years.

Dang Thanh Tung, Director General of the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam, said the Vietnamese archival sector has cooperated with the United States and also with France to provide information in the search for missing military personnel, in response to families’ needs. He pledged to continue to cooperate and exchange information with the United States on related matters.