A80 equipment training overnight on Ba Dinh Square

Armored vehicle training at Ba Dinh Square in the early morning of August 6 - Photo: THANG BAY

Major General Phung Ngoc Son, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff of the General Department, commanded the overall command. Major General Nguyen Que Lam, Director of the Department of Motorcycles and Transport, commanded the training.

Training subjects include officers, drivers; military and police vehicles; technical support vehicles. Training content includes: training in logistics and technical support; unifying command, operation, coordination, and support for force movement.

According to the plan, the military vehicles will move from their station to the F1 Racetrack, the Command Center and along the parade route, then back to their station.

Major General Phung Ngoc Son (pointing the stick) commanding the overall mission - Photo: THANG BAY

Military vehicles moving on Le Quang Dao street to F1 racetrack - Photo: NAM TRAN

The training session took place in heavy rain in Hanoi - Photo: NAM TRAN

The artillery forces finished their formation and preparations at National Military Training Center 4 and began moving at 8:30 p.m. on August 5.

The moving force is organized into formations. Block 1 is tracked vehicles, armored vehicles, and artillery. Block 2 is wheeled artillery. Block 3 is special police vehicles and moves in a single-file formation.

Training is expected to anticipate situations such as technical problems with vehicles on the road; traffic jams; unsafe traffic situations. From there, there are plans to handle the above situations.

The practical training aims to help officers and drivers master the routes; unify command and operation work to ensure technical safety of vehicles, machines, and armored vehicles from the stationing position to the deployment position for comprehensive training, preliminary review, general rehearsal, and official duties at the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2 at Ba Dinh (A80). At the same time, the entire traffic system on the route (width, height, load capacity...) is checked.