TPO - On the morning of April 16, the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum solemnly held a ceremony to receive war relics donated by the family of the late Major General Hoang The Thien - former Deputy Minister of National Defense, former Political Commissar of the Truong Son Command.
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Mr. Hoang Anh Thi - son of the late Major General Hoang The Thien - presented his father's war relics to the Director of the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum. |
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On the occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the Opening of the Ho Chi Minh Trail - Traditional Day of Truong Son Troops (May 19, 1959 - May 19, 2024), the 50th Anniversary of comrade Hoang The Thien being promoted to the rank of Major General by President Ton Duc Thang in the Truong Son battlefield (April 16, 1974 - April 16, 2024), the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum in coordination with the Management Board of Major General Hoang The Thien Memorial House organized the Ceremony of presenting and receiving the bronze relief and resistance relics of Major General Hoang The Thien to display for visitors at the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum. |
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On behalf of the Lao Embassy in Vietnam, Lieutenant Colonel Sulaxay Sucsengta, Deputy Head of the Lao Defense Attaché Office in Vietnam, presented the First Class Medal of Bravery posthumously awarded by the Lao People's Democratic Republic to Major General Hoang The Thien to the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum. |
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Representatives of Major General Hoang The Thien's family presented books to Lieutenant Colonel Sulaxay Sucsengta, Deputy Head of the Lao PDR Defense Attaché Office in Vietnam. |
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Major General Hoang The Thien (1922-1995) was an alternate member of the 4th Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's Committee B.68, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Director - Secretary of the Party Committee of the General Department of Economic Construction, Political Commissar - Secretary of the Party Committee of the Truong Son Command, Political Commissar - Secretary of the Party Committee of the Command of Region 470. |
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"With responsibility, affection and deep gratitude, the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum, after nearly 30 years of construction and development, has always performed well in 6 professional stages and focused on giving top priority to collecting artifacts, especially collecting artifacts related to the Truong Son generals of the past. The Museum promises to preserve and effectively promote the relics and documents of Major General Hoang The Thien, passing on the flame of gratitude to today's young generations, always appreciating the enthusiasm, sacrifices and contributions of the Truong Son soldiers in general and of Major General Hoang The Thien in particular for the beautiful and peaceful Vietnam today" - Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Ngoc, Director of the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum said. |
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"Today's ceremony is not only a joy and pride for the family and clan of Major General Hoang The Thien, but also a joy and pride for a whole generation of ancestors who have made great contributions and sacrificed their blood and bones in the cause of liberating and unifying the country, building and defending the socialist Fatherland and fulfilling international obligations" - Mr. Hoang Anh Thi, son of the late Major General Hoang The Thien, spoke at the ceremony. |
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The event of presenting war relics aims to introduce the contributions of General Truong Son - Hoang The Thien to the "Legendary Truong Son Road" in the history of fighting foreign invaders, regaining independence and freedom of the Vietnamese people in the 20th century, and at the same time contributing to educating and fostering revolutionary ethics for the next generations to be proud of and promote the tradition of their ancestors in the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland today and tomorrow. |
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Colonel Dau Xuan Truong, member of the Executive Committee of the Truong Son - Ho Chi Minh Trail Vietnam Tradition Association, Chairman of the Truong Son - Division 470 Tradition Association, recalled the memories and contributions of Major General Hoang The Thien. |
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Before that, the incense and flower offering ceremony to commemorate the heroic martyrs of Truong Son took place at the memorial in the grounds of the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum. |
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