HANOI, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Six soldiers were killed after a BMP-1 armored vehicle sank during combat-readiness training at the TB1 National Shooting Range in Vietnam's northern Bac Ninh city on Thursday, Vietnam's Ministry of National Defense said Saturday.
The vehicle encountered a problem and sank at around 8:25 a.m. in Bien Son commune, according to the ministry.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on Friday signed a decision to grant "Fatherland's Recognition" certificates to the six deceased soldiers. ■