( Bqp.vn ) – On the morning of December 12, at the Hall of the Ministry of National Defense , the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Traditional Day (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and receive the First Class Independence Medal. General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission attended and delivered a speech.
Attending the ceremony were: Comrade Luong Cuong, Politburo member, President; Tran Thanh Man, Politburo member, Chairman of the National Assembly.
General Secretary To Lam reviews the Guard of Honor at the ceremony.
Also attending were Politburo members: Tran Cam Tu, Standing member of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Inspection Commission; Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Phan Dinh Trac, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission.
Leaders of the Ministry of National Defense welcomed General Secretary To Lam to attend the celebration.
Attending the ceremony were Politburo members: General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, Minister of Public Security; Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
Attending the ceremony were former Politburo members: General Ngo Xuan Lich, former Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, former Minister of National Defense; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Thanh Ngan, former Standing Member of the Central Military Party Committee (now the Central Military Commission), former Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.
General Secretary To Lam, leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and delegates attending the ceremony took a group photo.
Also attending the ceremony were Party Central Committee Secretaries: Le Hoai Trung, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Chief of the Party Central Committee's Office; Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, who chaired the ceremony; and Comrade Le Minh Tri, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court.
General Secretary To Lam, leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and delegates visited the book and newspaper exhibition booth at the celebration.
Attending the ceremony were comrades: Tran Quang Phuong, member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Nguyen Manh Hung, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Information and Communications; General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Director of the General Political Department of the Lao People's Army; leaders of Central Committees, Ministries, branches and organizations; leaders of the Ministry of National Defense; heads of the General Staff, General Political Department, former heads of the General Political Department; leaders of general departments, agencies and units under the Ministry of National Defense, General Political Department; representatives of Military Attachés of countries in Vietnam; representatives of pre-uprising cadres, Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, etc.
Delegates attending the celebration.
Chairing the ceremony, in his welcome speech, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet outlined the history of the establishment and development of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army. Accordingly, 80 years ago, on December 22, 1944, in Tran Hung Dao forest in Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the main force of the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army was established under the Directive of Leader Ho Chi Minh.
Thoroughly implementing President Ho Chi Minh's guiding ideology of "politics is more important than military", "political tasks determine military tasks, regardless of the circumstances, military tasks must obey political tasks", to directly lead and direct the implementation of the functions of the propaganda army and combat army, the first Party cell was established, and the political work of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army was also carried out at the same time.
Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet read a speech at the ceremony.
Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet affirmed that, with its position, functions and tasks, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army plays a very important role in establishing and perfecting the Party's leadership mechanism with the Army; ensuring the Party's absolute and direct leadership in all aspects.
“The 80 years of construction, fighting, winning and maturing of our Army have affirmed the particularly important role of Party work, political work and the responsibility of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, political agencies and political cadres at all levels of the entire army in consolidating, maintaining and enhancing the absolute and direct leadership of the Party in all aspects over the Army; building a politically strong Army; building political and spiritual factors - the basic factors that determine the fighting strength and victory of our Army, making Party work and political work the "soul and lifeblood" of the Army, the basic principle in building the Party's revolutionary armed forces", Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet emphasized.
During the glorious 80-year history, the Army has nurtured, screened and forged generations of Army cadres in general and political cadres in particular who are truly exemplary in political qualities, intelligence and practical organizational capacity, exemplary in ethics and lifestyle, and trusted and admired by their comrades and the People. Many political cadres and cadres of the General Department of Politics are exemplary in qualities, personalities and talents, whose names have gone down in history, engraved in the minds of many generations of soldiers and the People, contributing to building the glorious tradition: "Loyalty - Steadfastness; Exemplary - Typical; Principled - Democratic; Proactive - Creative; Sharp - Sharp; Solidarity - Unity; Determination to Fight - Determination to Win" of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.
With a long history and outstanding achievements, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army has been awarded by the Party, State and Government: Gold Star Order, 2 Ho Chi Minh Orders, 3 Fatherland Protection Orders; First Class Freedom Order of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Many agencies and units of the General Department of Politics and political agencies at all levels in the entire army have been awarded many noble prizes by the Party and State.
General Secretary To Lam awarded the First Class Independence Medal to the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded the First Class Independence Medal to the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army for its outstanding achievements, long tradition and great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.
Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the 80 years of construction, fighting, winning and growing of the Vietnam People's Army have affirmed that building a politically strong Army is the basic principle in building a new-style army of the working class. Grasping that principle, the Communist Party of Vietnam has always paid attention to building a politically strong Vietnam People's Army. That is a consistent lesson, creating a solid premise for building a lean, strong, modern Army, ensuring that the Army is always absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State and the People, completing any task, overcoming any difficulty, and defeating any enemy.
Throughout the glorious history of the Vietnamese revolution, as well as in the 80 years of building, fighting, winning and growing of the Vietnam People's Army, there have always been great contributions from the General Department of Politics, political agencies at all levels and the team of political commissars, political officers and political cadres of the entire army. With a steadfast and steadfast political stance; a spirit of initiative, creativity, solidarity and unity; a sharp and astute thinking based on a firm grasp of principles, the General Department of Politics has always clearly demonstrated its role as the Party's strategic advisory body, directing, guiding and directly implementing synchronous solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Party and political work in the Army.
General Secretary To Lam speaks at the ceremony.
“Comrades are the direct force in building the political and spiritual factors, ensuring that the cadres and soldiers of the entire army are absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State and the People, and bravely fight for the Party's goals and ideals, and for the happiness of the People. Party and political work are carried out regularly, continuously, widely, effectively and efficiently throughout the entire army, maintaining and strengthening the Party's absolute and direct leadership in all aspects over the Army, building a politically strong Army - the most important factor of the revolutionary army, to ensure that our Army is always infinitely loyal to the Party, the State and the People; daring to fight, knowing how to fight and defeating all invaders,” the General Secretary affirmed.
Expressing his joy at seeing that, over the years, the General Department of Politics has continuously promoted its glorious tradition, raised its will, overcome all difficulties and challenges, and excellently completed all assigned tasks, the General Secretary assessed that the General Department of Politics has always thoroughly grasped the Party's guidelines, grasped the situation, been proactive, sensitive, and sharp in advising and proposing to the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and regularly and directly the Central Military Commission, to propose effective policies and solutions to build a clean and strong Party organization in the Army in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres; to build a politically strong Vietnam People's Army, as a basis for improving overall quality and combat strength; to contribute to building the people's armed forces, the People's Army, building an all-people national defense, an all-people national defense posture, especially a solid "people's hearts posture", creating an overall strength to firmly protect the Fatherland.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam congratulated the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army for its outstanding achievements, remarkable growth and glorious tradition over the past 80 years. The General Secretary said that in the new context with intertwined opportunities, advantages and difficulties and challenges, ensuring national defense and security continues to be an important and regular task of the entire Party, people and army, and is the Party's consistent viewpoint on building and protecting the Fatherland.
To effectively perform his great functions and responsibilities, General Secretary To Lam requested the General Department of Politics, political agencies and political cadres in the entire army to thoroughly grasp and grasp the Party's viewpoints, guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on military and national defense; proactively advise the Politburo, the Secretariat, and directly the Central Military Commission to deploy and concretize the Party's resolutions, directives, conclusions and regulations, the State's policies and laws on military, national defense and national defense effectively and in accordance with reality.
At the same time, the General Secretary noted that the General Department of Politics should focus on advising and directing the successful organization of Party Congresses at all levels for the 2025-2030 term in the Army. According to the General Secretary, Party Congresses at all levels leading up to the 14th National Party Congress are extensive political activities and very important political events of the Party and the country. The Army Party Committee is one of the largest Party Committees in the country, with many types of Party organizations, a large number of Party members, and scattered activities across the country, in remote areas, border areas, and islands.
The careful preparation and successful organization of Party Congresses at all levels for the 2025-2030 term is a key political task, not only contributing significantly to the success of the 14th National Party Congress, but also an opportunity to improve and enhance the comprehensive leadership capacity and fighting strength of Party committees and organizations at all levels to meet the requirements and tasks of building the Army and defending the Fatherland in the new period. The Party Committee of the Army must be exemplary and set an example in implementing the Party's policies on building and rectifying the Party and the political system, on promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle, on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient, the General Secretary stated.
In addition, the General Department of Politics needs to continue advising on the implementation of policies and solutions to build a clean and strong Party organization of the Army, improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of Party committees and Party organizations at all levels in the entire army; deeply understand the position, role, functions, tasks, and requirements of Party work and political work in the new situation; proactively propose and effectively implement solutions to ensure that Party work and political work are carried out regularly, promptly, widely, and with increasingly high quality. At the same time, advise and direct the building of a contingent of cadres, especially strategic and campaign-level cadres and political cadres in the entire army with high quality, equal to the task. Focus on directing the improvement of the quality of political and ideological education in the entire army; educating patriotism, the fine traditions of the Party, the nation, the Army and the unit; contributing to building the entire army's cadres and soldiers to always have a steadfast and firm political stance, absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State and the People, clearly identifying partners, targets, plots and sabotage tricks; preventing and combating "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the organization; being exemplary and taking the lead in protecting the Party's ideological foundation; proactively and closely coordinating with Central Committees, Ministries, branches, and organizations and localities in building and consolidating the all-people national defense, the all-people national defense posture, associated with the people's security, the people's security posture and a solid "people's hearts posture"...
Art performance to celebrate the anniversary.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the Party, State and People always believe that under the leadership and direction of the Politburo, the Secretariat and regularly and directly by the Central Military Commission; with the coordination, cooperation and assistance of the Central and local Committees, Ministries, branches, organizations, agencies and units inside and outside the Army and international friends, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army will increasingly mature and become stronger, constantly promote its glorious tradition, excellently complete all assigned tasks, worthy of the special affection and trust of the Party, State and People.
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