( Bqp.vn ) – On December 14, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024), the National Scientific Conference with the theme: "Vietnam People's Army - Heroic tradition, glorious career, core force in building a strong national defense" was chaired by the Ministry of National Defense, in coordination with the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Public Security and Cao Bang province, organized at the Ministry of National Defense Hall.
Conference scene.
The workshop aims to affirm and clarify the Party's correct and creative guidelines and policies on building the Vietnam People's Army, building the all-people national defense, building the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture. At the same time, it deepens the process of building, fighting and growing; heroic traditions, good qualities and important and decisive factors creating the strength of the Vietnam People's Army in the cause of fighting for national liberation, building and defending the Fatherland.
Great contributions in the process of building, fighting, growing and winning of the Vietnam People's Army
Speaking at the opening of the workshop, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense , stated that on December 22, 1944, in the forest between Hoang Hoa Tham and Tran Hung Dao communes in Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province (now Tam Kim commune, Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province), the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the first main force of the Vietnam People's Army was established under the direction of President Ho Chi Minh.
General Phan Van Giang delivered the opening speech at the conference.
General Phan Van Giang affirmed that, under the leadership, direction,education and training of our Party, headed by President Ho Chi Minh, and the care and support of the People, over the past 80 years, our Army has continuously grown and matured, maintained and promoted the nature and tradition of "Uncle Ho's Army", performed well its functions as a fighting army, a working army and a production labor army, and excellently completed all tasks assigned by the Party, State and People.
With a strong will, courage, strategy and creativity, our Army has achieved glorious feats of arms, together with the entire Party and people, defeated all invaders, reactionaries, lackeys and hostile forces, successfully carried out the noble international mission, brought "Our people out of slavery, regained independence", completed the revolutionary cause of national liberation, reunified the country, and led the whole country to socialism under the glorious flag of the Party.
Speaking at the workshop, President Luong Cuong reviewed the history and important achievements of the Vietnam People's Army after 80 years of formation, fighting, growing and winning, contributing to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland; at the same time, he pointed out that the history of thousands of years of building and defending the country has affirmed that the great national unity bloc is a great strength, a particularly important factor to gain victory over all invaders.
President Luong Cuong gave a speech at the workshop.
Affirming that this scientific conference is one of the major and key activities in the series of national activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day, the President suggested that the conference focus on discussing and deepening the scientific and practical significance of this important event. In particular, it continues to affirm the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Communist Party of Vietnam over the people's armed forces and the cause of national defense and security. This is a consistent principle throughout the Vietnamese revolutionary process, a decisive factor in all victories, ensuring that the people's armed forces increasingly mature, grow stronger, and successfully complete the historical mission assigned by the Party, State and People.
Along with that, the President noted that the conference needs to analyze, explain, deepen and highlight the great contributions in the process of building, fighting, growing and winning of the Vietnam People's Army, the qualities and cultural values of "Uncle Ho's soldiers", thereby drawing historical lessons, the unique features of military art, of Vietnamese military culture that can be applied and promoted to improve the quality of training, coaching, drills, and combat readiness in peacetime of the Army. Continue to adjust the force organization, complete the goal of building a "lean, compact, strong" Army, create a solid premise, strive to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite and modern People's Army by 2030.
According to the President, the presentations at the conference must explain and affirm the importance of building a strong and comprehensive Army, taking strong political construction as the foundation; building a truly clean and strong Army Party organization, exemplary and representative in politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres, creating a solid foundation to improve overall quality and combat strength, always heighten revolutionary vigilance, be ready to receive and excellently complete all tasks, not to be passive or surprised in any situation. Affirm and deepen the function of "the fighting army, the working army and the production labor army", the core role of the Vietnam People's Army in building a strong national defense. Regularly consolidate the solidarity and close relationship between the army and the people.
The workshop also needs to continue to thoroughly grasp, analyze, and deeply explain the Party's guidelines and viewpoints on building and consolidating the all-people national defense, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture; building a solid "people's heart posture". Promoting the core role of the People's Army in the cause of building the all-people national defense and protecting the Fatherland. Summarizing the achievements and drawing lessons from 35 years of implementing the All-People National Defense Day; promoting proactiveness, creativity, self-reliance, self-reliance, promoting the strength of great national unity; at the same time combining national strength with the strength of the times, promoting international integration and defense diplomacy to continuously enhance the overall strength in the cause of consolidating national defense, firmly protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
“The Party, State and People believe that the Vietnam People's Army will continuously promote its heroic tradition and glorious career, continue to achieve outstanding feats, and together with the entire people enter a new era, an era of the Vietnamese nation's rise, building and firmly defending the Fatherland,” President Luong Cuong emphasized.
Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet presented a report to open the conference.
Presenting the opening report of the workshop, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, proposed that the workshop analyze and clarify the historical context, significance of the establishment; the leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh, the Central Military Commission on the process of building, fighting, growing and glorious victory of the Vietnam People's Army over the past 80 years. The workshop also aimed to clarify the significance, role and achievements of the National Defense Day; build and promote the "people's heart position", the strength of great national unity in the cause of national liberation struggle, building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
Affirming heroic tradition, glorious career
The Organizing Committee of the conference received more than 100 reports and speeches from leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Central Propaganda Department; Central Committees, Ministries, branches, mass organizations, localities; military regions, army corps, military services, arms; academies, schools, research institutes, scientists inside and outside the Army... Each speech is an independent research work, explaining each specific content, contributing to clarifying many theoretical and practical issues on the cause of building the People's Army and the national defense of the whole people.
Delegates attending the conference took a group photo.
The presentations affirmed that throughout the 80-year journey of building, fighting, growing and winning, the Vietnam People's Army has always been the core force, together with the entire Party and people, to achieve resounding victories in the cause of national liberation, independence, freedom, national unification, and building and defending the Fatherland. That victory is the crystallization and convergence of many factors, in which the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party over the Army is the decisive factor.
The delegates unanimously affirmed the correct and creative guidelines, policies and leadership of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh in the process of building, fighting, growing and achieving glorious victories of the heroic Vietnam People's Army; emphasized the noble revolutionary nature, heroic tradition and glorious career of the Vietnam People's Army; and maintained and promoted the culture and qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new period.
General Pham Van Tra, former member of the Politburo, former Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Party Committee (now the Central Military Commission), former Minister of National Defense presented a speech at the conference.
From the 80 years of construction, fighting and growth of the Vietnam People's Army, many discussions have affirmed: In any revolutionary period, even in the most difficult and complicated times, the Communist Party of Vietnam always has absolute and direct leadership in all aspects over the Army. This is the decisive factor, ensuring all victories in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland and the maturity, fighting and victory of the Army; ensuring that the Army is truly a sharp tool, an absolutely loyal and trustworthy political force of the Party, State and People, building the tradition: "Loyal to the Party, filial to the people, ready to fight and sacrifice for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, for socialism. Any task must be completed, any difficulty must be overcome, any enemy must be defeated".
The analysis also highlighted the heroic tradition and glorious career of the Vietnam People's Army over the past 80 years; the achievements over 35 years of implementing the National Defense Day, the "people's heart position" and the core role of the Vietnam People's Army in building a strong national defense. The discussions focused on clarifying historical lessons in building the Vietnam People's Army and the national defense that have profound theoretical and practical values, which can be applied and promoted in the current revolutionary period.
Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department presented a summary of the discussions at the workshop.
Many discussions mentioned that, currently, in response to the requirement of building a lean, strong, modern Army to meet the task of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation, building a politically strong Army to ensure that the Army, regardless of the circumstances, is always a political force, an absolutely loyal and trustworthy fighting force of the Party, State and People has become especially important, requiring drastic implementation with many synchronous solutions; in which, it is necessary to maintain and promote the qualities of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers". Generations of cadres and soldiers today need to uphold the sense of responsibility towards the Party, the Fatherland, the People and the socialist regime; Deep affection for beloved President Ho Chi Minh, striving to study, cultivate, train, promote and shine the image of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new period, contributing to building a politically strong Army, creating a basis for improving overall quality, combat strength, and excellently completing all tasks assigned by the Party and the People.
Performance to welcome the conference.
Along with affirming and deepening the heroic tradition and glorious career of our Army over the past 80 years, the presentations also affirmed the significance and achievements of the National Defense Day, of the "people's hearts and minds" and the core role of the People's Army in building a strong national defense.
Regarding the building of the "people's hearts", many discussions affirmed: Throughout the history of the nation, the people's hearts have always been the most important factor, creating a comprehensive strength in politics, national defense and security to successfully implement revolutionary goals, protect sovereignty, territory, national security and social order and safety. In the current revolutionary period, building the "people's hearts" is a strategic, all-people, comprehensive, regular and continuous issue, with high unity between the "Party's will" and the "people's hearts"; demonstrating the consensus of the people to wholeheartedly follow the Party's leadership and participate in national defense and security tasks. The support and participation of the people is a driving force and a great spiritual strength, transformed into material strength, ensuring the victory of the cause of defending the Fatherland, protecting the Party, the State and the socialist regime.
Promoting its role as the core force, the Army, together with the entire Party and people, has focused all efforts on building a strong national defense and achieved many important results. Notably, the Army has promoted its proactive role in researching, assessing, and accurately forecasting the situation, advising the Party and the State in formulating many defense policies, guidelines, and strategies, and in formulating strategic guidelines for national defense; promptly handling situations well, avoiding being passive or surprised. At the same time, it has actively participated in the tasks of socio-economic development, expanding international cooperation and defense diplomacy; providing humanitarian assistance, search and rescue, disaster relief, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and epidemics, etc., contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national construction and development, firmly protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
The successes and lessons learned have profound theoretical and practical values, and are an important basis and provision to continue building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern Army in particular; and to build and consolidate the national defense and security cause in general, meeting the requirements of building and protecting the Fatherland in the new era - the era of national development.
Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang delivered the closing speech of the conference.
In his closing speech at the workshop, Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, assessed that the results of the workshop had supplemented and clarified in a comprehensive and profound way the stature and significance of the Founding Day and the glorious 80-year journey of the Vietnam People's Army under the Party's flag; of the National Defense Day, building a national defense foundation associated with a strong people's security foundation.
Over 80 years of building, fighting and growing, the Vietnam People's Army has highly promoted the tradition of patriotism and revolutionary heroism, excellently completed all tasks assigned by the Party, State and People, created a heroic tradition and glorious career; received the trust and support of the People, and was awarded the noble title "Uncle Ho's Soldiers". That is a tradition and valuable asset that needs to continue to be preserved and promoted to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite and gradually modern People's Army, with some forces advancing straight to modernity, serving as the core in building a national defense associated with a strong people's security, firmly protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.
After 35 years of implementing the National Defense Day, the People's Army plays a core role, closely coordinating with the People's Public Security, with all levels, sectors and localities, achieving important achievements in building both forces and positions; building potential in all aspects, especially political and spiritual potential; building the great national unity bloc, building a strong political system, creating a combined strength to protect the Fatherland. The National Defense Day has truly had a great and profound meaning and is of special importance in promoting the tradition of patriotism and fulfilling the duty of firmly protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam according to Uncle Ho's teachings: "The Hung Kings had the merit of building the country, we, your descendants, must work together to protect the country".
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