Yen Do is the location of the first Supply Officer Training Course of the Vietnam People's Army, the predecessor of today's Logistics Academy. This is a practical and meaningful activity on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Logistics Academy's Traditional Day (June 15, 1951/June 15, 2023).

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its traditional day, the Logistics Academy started construction of a memorial stele for the first supply cadre training class in Khuon Long village, Yen Do commune, Phu Luong district. The project was inaugurated on December 15, 2000. On June 15, 2021, on the occasion of the Logistics Academy's 70th anniversary of its traditional day, the location of the first supply cadre training class and the stationing of the Supply Cadre School in Yen Do commune, Phu Luong district, was ranked as a National Monument by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Delegates offered flowers at the National Monument where the first training class and garrison of the Supply Officer School, the predecessor of the Logistics Academy, was held.

Leaders of the Logistics Academy presented gifts to policy families in Yen Do commune (Phu Luong, Thai Nguyen).

At the National Monument Site where the first training course for supply cadres was held, the predecessor of the Logistics Academy, in an exchange with cadres, lecturers of the Academy and leaders of Phu Luong district, Thai Nguyen province, Major General Phan Tung Son shared: After 72 years of building, fighting, developing and growing up, from the simple thatched-roof classrooms in the mountains and forests of Khuon Long and Yen Do, accompanying the two long-term resistance wars of the nation and the cause of national construction, under the leadership of the Party and the care of the people, generations of cadres, lecturers, students, staff and soldiers of the Logistics Academy have overcome countless difficulties and hardships, writing a glorious tradition of "absolute loyalty, proactive creativity, close solidarity, good teaching and good learning, attached to the battlefield, and oriented towards the unit".

The Director of the Academy also affirmed that this is a meaningful activity, helping cadres, lecturers, students, and soldiers of the Academy understand more about the glorious tradition of the Vietnam People's Army and the heroic Logistics Academy; thereby, arousing pride, raising awareness of preserving and promoting the tradition of the Academy in the cause ofeducation , training, and building a strong, comprehensive, "exemplary, typical" unit.

Delegates at the National Monument site where the first training class and garrison of the Supply Officer School, the predecessor of the Logistics Academy, was held.
Delegates at the National Monument, the site of the first training class and stationing of the Supply Officer School, the predecessor of the Logistics Academy.

On this occasion, the leaders of the Logistics Academy presented gifts to the "For the Poor" Fund; the "Repaying Gratitude" Fund of Yen Do commune with a total amount of 20 million VND; presented 10 gifts to families of policy beneficiaries and people with revolutionary contributions; 10 gifts to families in difficult circumstances in the area (each gift worth 1 million VND) and 3 Samsung 43-inch TVs to Yen Do Commune Kindergarten. These are meaningful and practical actions demonstrating the concern of the Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the Logistics Academy for the people in Yen Do commune, Phu Luong district, the predecessor of the Logistics Academy.

News and photos: XUAN BACH - THANH TUYEN