Provincial leaders visit the tomb of General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025

(Quang Binh Portal) - On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025, on the morning of January 22, 2025, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province held a ceremony to visit and offer incense at the tomb of General Vo Nguyen Giap in Vung Chua (Quang Dong commune, Quang Trach district).

Attending the ceremony were comrade Le Ngoc Quang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrade Tran Hai Chau, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; comrade Le Vinh The, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; comrade Hoang Xuan Tan, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrade Nguyen Minh Tam, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors in the province.

At the funeral, in a solemn atmosphere, the provincial leaders respectfully laid wreaths, offered incense and observed a minute of silence to express their infinite gratitude for the great contributions of General Vo Nguyen Giap, an excellent and close student of President Ho Chi Minh, the eldest brother of the Vietnam People's Army, and an outstanding son of his homeland Quang Binh .

When mentioning the Vietnam People's Army, people cannot help but remember General Vo Nguyen Giap and it is no coincidence that all Vietnamese people call him the eldest brother of the heroic Vietnam People's Army. Born as a teacher, General Vo Nguyen Giap became a talented military leader, a high-level thinker of the nation's art of People's War with the character and virtue of a sage deeply engraved in the hearts of every Vietnamese person as well as in the hearts of many leaders and people of countries around the world .

President Ho Chi Minh assigned him the responsibility of establishing the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army. From here, with his military talent, General Vo Nguyen Giap made an important contribution to every victory of the Vietnamese army and people. On December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army was officially established - General Vo Nguyen Giap was the direct commander of this army. And when he was just 37 years old, Vo Nguyen Giap was awarded the first General rank of our Army by Ho Chi Minh.

Some pictures at the ceremony:

PV Hong Luu

Source: https://quangbinh.gov.vn/chi-tiet-tin-1/-/view-article/1/13848241113627/1737534798159