( Bqp.vn ) – On the morning of December 20, in Hanoi, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam , the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024).
General Secretary To Lam , Secretary of the Central Military Commission attended the ceremony.
Attending the ceremony were comrades: Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former Secretary of the Central Military Commission; President Luong Cuong; former Presidents: Nguyen Minh Triet, Truong Tan Sang; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former National Assembly Chairmen: Nguyen Van An, Nguyen Sinh Hung, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Politburo members: Tran Cam Tu, Standing member of the Secretariat, Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission ; Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense.
Party and State leaders attended the celebration.
Delegates attending the celebration.
Attending the ceremony were former members of the Secretariat; Politburo members, former Politburo members; Party Central Committee Secretaries, former Party Central Committee Secretaries; General Pham Van Tra, former Politburo member, former Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Party Committee (now the Central Military Commission), former Minister of National Defense; General Ngo Xuan Lich, former Politburo member, former Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, former Minister of National Defense; leaders, former leaders of the Party and State; leaders, former leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security; representatives of Central and local departments, ministries, branches; revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People's Armed Forces, heroes of labor, generals of the People's Armed Forces, etc.
Delegates perform the flag salute ceremony.
International delegates attended the celebration.
International delegates attending the ceremony included the Ministers of Defense of the People's Republic of China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Cuba, the Kingdom of Thailand, Brunei, and Mongolia; leaders of the Ministries of Defense and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, India, the Philippines, Singapore, Japan, and the United States; diplomatic corps, military attachés, representatives of international organizations in Vietnam, and representatives of veterans of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation who helped Vietnam in the resistance wars.
On this occasion, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Committees, Ministries, branches and localities sent congratulatory flower baskets.
Glorious tradition, outstanding achievements
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, read a commemorative speech.
In his speech at the ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam respectfully sent his best wishes and best wishes to the leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front; revolutionary veterans, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, People's Armed Forces Heroes, Labor Heroes; war invalids, sick soldiers, families of martyrs, people with meritorious services to the revolution; generals, officers, cadres and soldiers of the armed forces; veterans, delegates, distinguished guests, international friends, compatriots nationwide and overseas Vietnamese.
General Secretary To Lam read a speech at the ceremony.
The General Secretary said that, following the Directive of President Ho Chi Minh, on December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army - was established. Under the leadership, education and training of our Party and President Ho Chi Minh; the nurturing, protection and shelter of the People, our Army has developed rapidly, continuously achieving outstanding feats of arms.
Directive on the Establishment of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army. (documentary photo)
The General Secretary emphasized that as an army born from the people, fighting for the people, serving the people, and closely attached to the people, the Army always shares the hardships with the people at all times and in all places; is the main force, the vanguard, and the pioneer in preventing, combating, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and epidemics, and in search and rescue. The army is always present in key and dangerous places to protect the lives and property of the people, truly a solid "support" for the people in times of danger and hardship. Many cadres and soldiers have heroically sacrificed in the fight against natural disasters and epidemics, further illuminating the noble qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new era.
In recent years, closely following and seriously and effectively implementing the Party's military and defense guidelines in the new period, the Army has resolutely adjusted its force organization in the direction of streamlining - compactness - strength, creating a solid foundation for building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite and modern People's Army. The defense industry has made new developments, mastering manufacturing technology, successfully producing many types of new and modern weapons and technical equipment, many dual-use products, contributing to the modernization of the Army, actively contributing to the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country. International integration and defense diplomacy have been proactively, flexibly and creatively implemented, achieving comprehensive results on both bilateral and multilateral levels; Actively and effectively participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations, joint training and exercises on humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, international cooperation in overcoming the consequences of war, contributing to enhancing the position and prestige of the Army and the country in the international arena, protecting the Fatherland early and from afar.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal to the Vietnam People's Army.
With its outstanding achievements and feats in 80 years of building, fighting, winning and growing, the Vietnam People's Army has been honored by the Party and State with 05 Gold Star Orders, 01 First Class Military Exploit Order, 02 First Class Labor Orders and many other noble awards. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of its founding, the Vietnam People's Army was honored to be awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order - a noble award, demonstrating the recognition of the Party, State and People for the long tradition, great contributions and contributions of our Army to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.
The General Secretary pointed out that the precious experience and tradition of our ancestors in fighting to defend the country and the line of all-people, comprehensive, long-term resistance continued to be inherited, promoted and gradually perfected in the period of national construction, innovation and protection of the Fatherland. With a deep awareness of the unparalleled strength of the all-people national defense and in accordance with the aspirations of the people, on October 17, 1989, the Secretariat of the 6th Party Central Committee issued a Directive deciding to take December 22 as the Founding Day of the Vietnam People's Army and at the same time as the All-People's National Defense Day.
From now on, December 22 every year is not only an occasion to review the glorious tradition, honor the feats and outstanding achievements of the Vietnam People's Army, but also a festival to demonstrate the strength of national solidarity in the cause of strengthening national defense and protecting the Fatherland. In practice, over 35 years of organization, the National Defense Day has directly contributed to raising awareness and responsibility of the entire people for the sacred task of protecting the Fatherland; fostering patriotism, national pride and self-esteem; consolidating the great national unity bloc; encouraging people nationwide to actively support human and material resources for the national defense; building and strongly promoting the "people's heart position", creating a solid "Great Wall" in the cause of building and protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.
The General Secretary affirmed that with the highest goal of building a peaceful, prosperous, civilized and prosperous country and joining hands to build a peaceful world without war, where people can live in independence, freedom, prosperity and happiness, Vietnam consistently advocates resolving all disputes and disagreements by peaceful means on the basis of international law; respecting the independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and internal affairs of all countries; not participating in military alliances, not allying with one country to fight against another, not allowing foreign countries to set up military bases or use Vietnamese territory to fight against other countries; not using force or threatening to use force in international relations.
In the new revolutionary period, the prerequisite for the People's Army to continue to excellently fulfill all tasks, together with the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to create new miracles in building and defending the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam is to firmly maintain and strengthen the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party, the centralized and unified management and administration of the State over the People's Army and the cause of consolidating national defense and security; constantly promote the strength of great national unity. Firmly adhere to the goal of national independence and socialism, firmly adhere to the line of all-people national defense and people's war, strive to build all-people national defense associated with people's security, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture and a solid "people's hearts posture"; closely combine national strength in the spirit of "self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, national pride" with the strength of the times, the sympathy, support, cooperation and development of international friends.
The art program "80 years under the Victory Flag" celebrates the anniversary.
Along with maximizing the combined strength for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, the General Secretary emphasized that we need to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern People's Army; politically strong, absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State and the People, steadfast in the Party's ideal goals; have a streamlined and strong force organization according to the motto "people first, guns later", especially attaching importance to building and promoting the human factor, first of all the political and spiritual factor; paying attention to attracting and training talents and high-quality human resources; constantly promoting the glorious tradition and noble qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" and developing Vietnam's unique military art; Ensure that officers and soldiers of the Army dare to fight, know how to fight and are determined to defeat all forms of aggressive war, especially new forms of war, effectively respond to non-traditional security challenges as well as master new strategic spaces, firmly protect the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam in all situations. Continue to promote international integration and defense diplomacy, actively participate in United Nations peacekeeping activities, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, contribute to spreading the beautiful image of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the hearts of international friends, promote the trend of peace, prevent and resolve the risk of war and conflict, maintain a peaceful and stable environment to build and develop the country, protect the Fatherland early, from afar, and defend the country when it is not yet in danger.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that, reviewing the glorious tradition of 80 years of building, fighting, winning and growing, we are even more proud of the Vietnam People's Army - a heroic army of a heroic nation; a political force, a fighting force absolutely loyal and trustworthy to the Party, State and People; an army that has fought and won hundreds of battles, together with the People, has achieved many glorious feats; is always ready to fight and sacrifice for the goals and ideals of the Party, for the happiness of the People. To firmly enter the era of prosperity, prosperity and development with the whole country, the Party, State and People believe that the Vietnam People's Army will continuously promote its glorious tradition, continue to achieve outstanding feats, together with the entire Party and people to firmly protect the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Upholding and promoting the tradition of determination to fight and win of the heroic Vietnam People's Army
On behalf of officers and soldiers of all periods, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet, Hero of the People's Armed Forces, former Deputy Commander of Politics, Air Defense - Air Force, expressed his respect and deep gratitude to the great President Ho Chi Minh, the Party, State, Army and heroic Vietnamese People for guiding, giving wings, and nurturing generations of officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army to fight and grow up.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet spoke at the ceremony.
Expressing his emotion at being able to live in a peaceful atmosphere, attending the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army, the 35th Anniversary of the National Defense Day, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet affirmed: Every step, every maturity of his over 40 years in the army and nearly 50 years participating in the revolution, from the resistance war against the US, saving the country to protecting the Fatherland's borders, from being a soldier to holding leadership positions in the Army - like many other comrades, all originated from the leadership, education, training of the Party, of beloved Uncle Ho, of the Army, and the help, protection, care, and nurturing of the People.
“My honor is joined by the honor of successive generations of cadres and soldiers, who have shared hardships, joined forces and hearts, and achieved glorious feats of arms, writing the glorious history and traditions of the Vietnam People's Army over the past 80 years. I and my fellow veterans who returned from the war were deeply moved and always remember our comrades and teammates who heroically sacrificed their lives for the cause of national liberation and reunification. The blood of the heroic martyrs has made the revolutionary flag even more brilliant, for the motherland Vietnam to blossom with independence, bear fruit of freedom and for the beautiful life today,” Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet emotionally said.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet affirmed that when returning to civilian life, he and his comrades always kept in mind that they needed to live up to the tradition of determination to fight and win of the heroic Vietnam People's Army; be steadfast and firm in political will; be pure in moral qualities and lifestyle; be exemplary in actions; speak and act according to the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies; actively participate in protecting the achievements of the revolution, protecting the Party, the government, the socialist regime, and protecting the People.
“We veterans always remind ourselves to live up to the comrades and teammates with whom we fought side by side and heroically sacrificed, worthy of the noble honor of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers”. Actively contribute to maintaining and promoting the tradition of determination to fight and win of the heroic Vietnam People’s Army and the praise of President Ho Chi Minh”, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet affirmed.
Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung spoke at the ceremony.
Sharing the honor and pride of representing the Army youth and the youth of the whole country to speak at the ceremony, Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung (Assistant of the Technical and Technology Department, Factory Z131, General Department of Defense Industry) emphasized that his generation was fortunate to be born and raised when the country was peaceful, independent, unified, and free from the flames of war. Through the 80-year golden history of the Vietnam People's Army, the young generation in general and the Army youth in particular are extremely impressed and proud of the glorious tradition of our Army - a revolutionary army founded, led, educated and trained by the Party and President Ho Chi Minh; an army born from the People, fighting for the People.
According to Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung, this anniversary is an opportunity for the younger generation to review the glorious history and heroic feats of our ancestors. “In addition to the pride in the Army determined to fight and win, we have a fuller and deeper understanding of the birth, growth and development of our Army, from barefoot, with bamboo hats and rudimentary weapons but defeated the most powerful armies in the world. Generations of fathers and brothers have fought bravely and sacrificed their blood and bones, dedicating their lives to the glory of the nation; to the independence and freedom of the Fatherland; for the happy life of the People,” Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung said.
Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung emphasized that the young generation always remembers and is deeply grateful for the great contributions and sacrifices of the heroic martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers, officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army through the revolutionary struggles; respects and is extremely grateful to the heroic Vietnamese Mothers who silently endured losses and pain to bring the most precious thing to the nation, which is independence and freedom. The great sacrifices of previous generations have been and are urging today's young generation to live a worthy life, not letting down the previous generations; always be ready to fight to maintain national sovereignty and security, ready to overcome difficulties, rush to the front lines to help the people in natural disasters, storms, floods, epidemics, participate in the United Nations peacekeeping force and in training and exercises, bring "pure hearts, bright minds, great ambitions" to continue the glorious tradition of previous generations, protect the revolutionary achievements of the nation.
Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung said that for himself, each achievement he has achieved has added motivation and enthusiasm for young officers and the youth of the Army to continue to make efforts, strive, research, innovate, and create, contributing to building a proactive, self-reliant, self-reliant, dual-purpose, modern defense industry, worthy of being the spearhead of the national industry.
To contribute to the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army entering a new era - the era of the Vietnamese nation's rise, the young generation of Vietnam is determined not to let down the efforts and trust of the Party, the State and the People. On behalf of the young generation, Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung affirmed that he will steadfastly follow the path chosen by the Party, Uncle Ho and our People; be ready to fight and sacrifice; be worthy of being the generation that continues to write the golden history of the Vietnamese nation; contribute to beautifying and making more radiant the glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnam People's Army and the noble image of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers" in the new era. At the same time, continue to uphold the spirit of patriotism "self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, national pride"; aspire to contribute, always cultivate the qualities of revolutionary soldiers, take the lead in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style; love comrades, teammates, respect the People; be ready to receive and complete well all assigned tasks; Dare to think, dare to speak, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, dare to innovate, dare to face difficulties and challenges and dare to act for the common good.
In addition, the young generation will strive to study, research, and reach new heights, master scientific and technical knowledge, meet the requirements of tasks in the new situation, contribute to building a strong national defense, build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern Vietnam People's Army; together with the youth of the whole country, master science and technology, and firmly lead the country into a new era, an era of the Vietnamese nation's rise.
“Continuing the glorious and proud tradition, today's Vietnamese youth are steadfastly marching under the glorious flag of the Party, with the flame of revolutionary tradition burning in our hearts. Each of us wishes to contribute more to the cause of building and firmly protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland,” Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Tuan Dung emotionally expressed.
Leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Army take a group photo.
In recognition of the great contributions and outstanding achievements in recent years, on this occasion, the President decided to award the Ho Chi Minh Order to the Vietnam People's Army. On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam presented the Ho Chi Minh Order to the Vietnam People's Army.
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