(CPV) - General Secretary To Lam affirmed: 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...
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 Committee; 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.
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| Party and State leaders and former leaders attended the ceremony. |
Also attending were Politburo members, former Politburo members, Party Central Committee Secretaries, former Party Central Committee Secretaries, Party Central Committee members; Vice President, former Vice President; Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Deputy Prime Minister, former Deputy Prime Minister; representatives of leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central and local agencies; leaders, former leaders of the Ministry of National Defense; representatives of veteran revolutionaries, Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Heroes of Labor; diplomatic delegations from neighboring countries, ASEAN countries and some countries with friendly relations; representatives of the Army, veterans of some countries; representatives of some international organizations in Vietnam; representatives of the family of General Vo Nguyen Giap and families of leaders of the Ministry of National Defense through the periods.
On this occasion, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and central and local ministries, branches and sectors sent congratulatory flower baskets.
Write the golden pages of history with brilliant achievements
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, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People's Armed Forces, and labor heroes; war invalids, sick soldiers, families of martyrs, and people with meritorious services to the revolution; generals, officers, cadres and soldiers of the armed forces; delegates, distinguished guests, international friends, compatriots nationwide and overseas Vietnamese.
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| On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, read a commemorative speech. |
The General Secretary said that, following the Directive of Leader Ho Chi Minh, on December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army was established. Immediately after its establishment, with its intelligent, bold, surprising, and brilliant fighting style, the Army destroyed Phai Khat and Na Ngan forts in the first two opening battles, opening the tradition of "Determined to fight, Determined to win" of the Vietnam People's Army. After only 8 months, the Vietnam Liberation Army, together with local armed forces and people nationwide, carried out a General Uprising to seize power nationwide, successfully leading the August Revolution in 1945, seizing power for the people, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the first people's democratic state in Southeast Asia, opening a new era in the history of the nation, the era of independence and freedom.
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. From the initial "senior army" with 34 soldiers, our Army has quickly developed into 6 infantry divisions, an artillery division and a number of main regiments, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, continuously winning major campaigns, the peak of which was the Dien Bien Phu victory, forcing the French colonialists to surrender. The army, which had just turned 10 years old, defeated a professional expeditionary army established in the 15th century. That affirmed the height of Vietnamese intelligence and Vietnamese military art, marking the remarkable development of the Vietnam People's Army.
Entering the period of building socialism in the North, creating a solid stronghold to carry out the people's national democratic revolution in the South; implementing the Party's policy: "actively building a strong people's army, gradually moving towards regularization and modernization", the Vietnam People's Army continued to have new steps of maturity, becoming a regular army, increasingly modern, including the Army, Navy, Air Defense - Air Force and the birth of main army corps, meeting the requirements of the mission of the extremely arduous, fierce and sacrificial resistance war against the US to save the country of our people.
Promoting revolutionary heroism to the fullest, our Army fought steadfastly and bravely, together with the entire people, defeating the enemy's war strategies one after another, writing golden pages of history with brilliant feats of arms. Those were the victories of Ap Bac, Binh Gia, Dong Xoai, Ba Gia, Nui Thanh, Van Tuong, Plei Me... the victory of the General Offensive and Uprising in the Spring of Mau Than 1968, the victory of Route 9 - Southern Laos, the victory of "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air", the great victory of Spring 1975, the peak of which was the lightning-fast offensive in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, completely liberating the South, reunifying the Fatherland, bringing the country into a new era - the era of peace, independence, freedom, the whole country moving towards socialism.
Entering the period of national construction and defense, the Army strives together with the people of the whole country to overcome the consequences, heal the wounds of war, develop the economy, culture, and society, and fight steadfastly to maintain every inch of the sacred land of the Fatherland and fulfill its noble international obligations. In this new period, the Army always performs well the function of "fighting army - working army - production labor army", making worthy contributions to the great and historic achievements of the Vietnamese revolution.
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| On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, read a commemorative speech. |
General Secretary To Lam affirmed: 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; acting as the core and vanguard 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 officers and soldiers have heroically sacrificed in the fight against natural disasters and epidemics, further illuminating the noble qualities of Uncle Ho's Army in the new era.
Firmly uphold the national defense policy
General Secretary To Lam emphasized that 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 is to 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 promoting the strength of great national unity. Firmly uphold the goal of national independence and socialism, firmly uphold the line of all-people national defense and people's war, strive to build all-people national defense associated with people's security, all-people national defense posture associated with 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, and national pride" with the strength of the times, the consensus, support, and cooperation for development of international friends.
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| On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal to the Vietnam People's Army. |
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, achieved many glorious feats; always ready to fight and sacrifice for the Party's ideal goals, for the happiness of the people.
General Secretary To Lam expressed that, in order to firmly enter the era of prosperity, wealth 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, and together with the entire Party and people firmly protect the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
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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