1. Who was the youngest general in Vietnam, at the age of 37?
- General Vo Nguyen Giap0%
- Le Trong Tan0%
- Van Tien Dung0%
General Vo Nguyen Giap, birth name Vo Giap, alias Van (1911-2013) in An Xa village, now Loc Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province.
In 1925, he participated in the patriotic student movement at Hue National School and absorbed the revolutionary ideology of Nguyen Ai Quoc.
In 1927, he joined the Tan Viet Revolutionary Party.
In 1929, he and a number of comrades reformed Tan Viet into the Indochina Communist League, one of three party organizations that merged into the Communist Party of Vietnam .
From 1934 to 1940, he taught history at Thang Long Private High School, wrote propaganda articles to build revolutionary bases among young students, and continued to study at the University of Law and Economics.
In 1936, he participated in founding and writing articles in Vietnamese and French for the Party's newspapers: Labor, Voice of Ours, Tien Len, and Thoi Bao Co Giai Phong; participated in the Indochina Congress movement and was elected chairman of the Tonkin Press Committee.
In 1941, he was assigned to be in charge of the Military Committee of the Viet Minh General Headquarters, participating in preparing for armed uprising and building the Cao - Bac - Lang base.
In December 1944, he was assigned by President Ho Chi Minh to establish the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, the first main force of the Vietnamese revolutionary armed forces led by the Indochinese Communist Party.
He made important contributions to the victory of the August Revolution in 1945.
On November 30, 1946, President Ho Chi Minh authorized him to be Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam National Army and Militia, then Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, and Secretary of the General Military Commission.
On January 20, 1948, President Ho Chi Minh signed a decree to promote the rank of general to 11 senior military officers, Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap was promoted to the rank of General.
On May 28, 1948, he was awarded the rank of General by the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at the age of 37, becoming the youngest general in Vietnam to date.
2. General Vo Nguyen Giap was the first general of the Vietnam People's Army?
- Correct0%
- Wrong0%
In 1948, President Ho Chi Minh signed the first decrees to promote generals.
According to this decree, Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap was promoted to the rank of General. Mr. Nguyen Binh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Mr. Nguyen Son, Le Thiet Hung, Chu Van Tan, Hoang Sam, Hoang Van Thai, Le Hien Mai, Van Tien Dung, Tran Dai Nghia, and Tran Tu Binh were promoted to the rank of Major General.
Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap was the first general of the Vietnam People's Army.
3. How many people were there in the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army, when it was founded?
- 320%
- 330%
- 340%
On December 22, 1944, in Tran Hung Dao forest, located between Hoang Hoa Tham and Tran Hung Dao communes in Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province, Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap read the Directive to establish the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army with 34 officers and soldiers.
Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap was assigned to lead the overall effort. Hoang Sam was appointed Team Leader and Xich Thang (Duong Mac Thach) was appointed Political Commissar.
Immediately after the Vietnam People's Army was founded, Vo Nguyen Giap directly commanded the Phai Khat - Na Ngan battle (December 25 and 26, 1944), starting the tradition of "winning the first battle" and "completely destroying" of the Vietnam People's Army.
4. Which of the following generals was named after President Ho Chi Minh?
- Le Trong Tan0%
- Nguyen Chi Thanh0%
- Van Tien Dung0%
- 0%
According to the People's Army newspaper, General Nguyen Chi Thanh's real name was Nguyen Vinh, born on January 1, 1914 into a poor farming family in Niem Pho village, Quang Tho commune, Quang Dien district, Thua Thien province (now Thua Thien Hue province).
At the National Congress of Tan Trao in August 1945, when he heard the name Nguyen Chi Thanh on the list of the Party Central Committee, Nguyen Vinh turned to General Vo Nguyen Giap sitting next to him and asked: "Who is Nguyen Chi Thanh that sounds so strange?". General Vo Nguyen Giap smiled and replied: "It's you, who else? Uncle Ho named you that." Mr. Nguyen Vinh was both surprised and happy. From then on, the name Nguyen Chi Thanh became a part of the history of our army and the Vietnamese Revolution.
5. Which General was the commander of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign?
- Van Tien Dung0%
- Le Trong Tan0%
- Hoang Van Thai0%
According to the People's Army newspaper, General Van Tien Dung, alias Le Hoai, was born on May 2, 1917 in Co Nhue commune, Tu Liem district (now Co Nhue 2 ward, Bac Tu Liem district), Hanoi city.
General Van Tien Dung is one of the most outstanding and prestigious commanders of our army. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1948, to the rank of Senior Lieutenant General in 1959, and to the rank of General in 1974.
During the resistance war against France, General Van Tien Dung held the role of commander of the 320th Division operating on the Northern battlefield and during the resistance war against the US, he directly commanded campaigns that were decisive for the final victory such as the Route 9 - Southern Laos campaign (1971), the Tri - Thien campaign (1972), the Central Highlands campaign (March 1975), and was the Commander of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign to liberate Saigon - Gia Dinh (Ho Chi Minh Campaign - 1975).
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/ai-duoc-phong-dai-tuong-tre-nhat-viet-nam-luc-37-tuoi-2409675.html
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