Comrades: Nguyen Dinh Trung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Ta Anh Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Dak Lak province chaired the ceremony.

Comrade Ta Anh Tuan, Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee, presented a speech at the ceremony.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Minister of National Defense ; Colonel Tran Minh Trong, member of the Party Committee Standing Committee, Deputy Commissar of Military Region 5; leaders, former leaders of the province and leaders of the Dak Lak Provincial Armed Forces through the periods...

The speech at the ceremony was presented by comrade Ta Anh Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee, affirming: Exactly 80 years ago, after the victory of the August Revolution, on September 23, 1945, the Viet Minh Provincial Committee decided to establish the Dak Lak Provincial Military Committee, with the core being the N'Trang Long Liberation Battalion and appointed comrade Phan Kiem as Head of the Committee.

This is a historical milestone, marking the birth of the Dak Lak Provincial Armed Forces. After 80 years of building, fighting and growing, with many different forms and names, the Dak Lak Provincial Armed Forces have always shown their revolutionary nature, born from the people, fighting for the people, making many contributions to the resistance wars for national liberation and in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Inheriting and promoting the tradition of "Determination to fight, determination to win", the Dak Lak Provincial Armed Forces have been honored to receive many noble awards from the Party and State, such as the title of "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" Unit, the Gold Star Order, the Ho Chi Minh Order, the Military Exploit Order; thousands of collectives and individuals have been awarded various medals and orders.

In recognition of outstanding results and typical achievements on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of construction and development, the Dak Lak Provincial Military was honored to receive the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal from the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

At the ceremony, authorized by the President, comrade Nguyen Dinh Trung, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee, awarded the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal to the Dak Lak Provincial Armed Forces for their outstanding achievements in training, combat readiness, building the People's Army, strengthening national defense, contributing to the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland.

Dak Lak Provincial Military Command received the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal.  

On this occasion, the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command was honored to receive a letter of commendation from General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense. At the ceremony, Colonel Dinh Van Hung, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Military Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command respectfully read the letter of commendation from the Minister of National Defense.

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