50 years of National Reunification: Paying tribute to those who made the historic victory

Lieutenant General Truong Thien To, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, presented flowers to pay tribute to two Vietnamese Heroic Mothers.

Also attending the meeting were Lieutenant General Truong Thien To, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; representatives of central agencies, departments, Ho Chi Minh City and some neighboring provinces, leaders of military agencies and units and more than 400 delegates who are officers, soldiers of the armed forces, students of universities and colleges in the Southern region...

Lieutenant General Truong Thien To expressed his honor, pride and sincere gratitude to the delegates of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, generals, and veterans - those who directly fought and sacrificed, contributing to the historic victory of Spring 1975, completely liberating the South and reunifying the country.

“The 50 delegates attending the meeting and exchange today are a spiritual symbol, celebrating the 50th anniversary of National Reunification; a source of strength, encouragement, and inspiration for the young generation to confidently and steadily rise up and worthily continue the nation's revolutionary cause in the new era,” Lieutenant General Truong Thien To emphasized.
Lieutenant General Truong Thien To said that the victory of April 30, 1975 is a great milestone, a source of great pride for the Vietnamese people, a shining symbol of revolutionary heroism, the aspiration for peace , independence, freedom, and the strength of great national unity under the leadership of the Party and beloved President Ho Chi Minh.
April 30, 1975 has been recorded in the history of the nation as a brilliant milestone, the day when generations of fathers and brothers - the soldiers of Uncle Ho's Army affirmed to the whole world that the indomitable will, patriotism, strength of the Vietnamese people, the aspiration for peace, national independence, and national unification are immortal, no force can subdue. That spirit, that will, that aspiration... will forever be a seething enthusiasm, forming pride, steadfast belief, and great spiritual motivation for our entire Party, people, and army in the new era.
On behalf of the leadership of the General Department of Politics, Lieutenant General Truong Thien To affirmed that all officers and soldiers of the entire army are willing to follow in the footsteps of their fathers and brothers, firmly uphold the revolutionary ideals and goals, and contribute to building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and gradually modern Vietnam People's Army; firmly protect the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam, and together with the whole country enter a new era, an era of the Vietnamese people's rise.

Delegates attending the program "50 years of total victory".

At the meeting, there was an exchange program with generals and veterans who directly participated in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign in 1975, especially the tank crew that crashed into the gate of the Independence Palace on April 30, 1975; an exchange on the topic "Following the tradition, building the future" with the participation of military generals and representatives of the young generation of Ho Chi Minh City.
Through stories and historical memories of the People's Armed Forces Heroes and veterans, the program depicts the great and heroic victories, vivid history, great contributions and sacrifices of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes, generals and veterans in the resistance war for independence and national reunification.
The meeting and exchange is a spiritual symbol, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification; a source of strength, encouragement, and rekindling the glorious tradition for the young generation to be confident, constantly strive to study, practice and contribute, worthy of the sacrifices and revolutionary achievements of the previous generation, and worthy of continuing the revolutionary cause of the nation in the new era.

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