"Dear leaders, former leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, revolutionary elders, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces!
Dear uncles, aunts and aunties - Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline laborers who directly participated in the resistance war in the past!
Dear leaders of central ministries, branches, organizations, Dien Bien province and local authorities, distinguished guests and compatriots, comrades!
First of all, let me convey the respectful greetings, warm regards, best wishes for health and best wishes from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the uncles, aunts, Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, frontline workers, and people of all ethnic groups in Dien Bien province who have made important contributions to the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu " famous in five continents, shaking the world " .
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: The Dien Bien Phu victory is a victory of Vietnamese revolutionary heroism, intelligence and heroism, of human conscience and dignity - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
70 years ago, under the brilliant and wise leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh - the great national hero and world cultural celebrity, our army and people fought bravely, carried out the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu, won a decisive victory, and brought our nation's resistance to complete victory. The Dien Bien Phu victory will forever be an immortal heroic epic - " A shining golden milestone " in the history of our nation and our country.
Today, with deep emotion and sentiments, in the heroic city of Dien Bien Phu with its long history and culture, where the spirit of ardent patriotism converges and intersects, we solemnly organize a meeting to pay tribute to the Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline laborers who directly participated in the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign.
A meaningful and emotional meeting and gratitude to Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline workers who directly participated in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign was held on the morning of April 17 in Dien Bien Phu city - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
At this moment, we respectfully remember and infinite gratitude for the great contributions of the great President Ho Chi Minh - the beloved father of the heroic Vietnamese people's armed forces; we recall the beloved General Vo Nguyen Giap - the Elder Brother of the heroic Vietnamese People's Army, the soldiers, comrades, and compatriots who heroically sacrificed in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in the past; we deeply express our gratitude to the compatriots and soldiers of the whole country, the brotherly countries, and international friends who united, stood shoulder to shoulder, shared the sweet and the bitter to contribute to the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory and made Vietnam the shining star of the national liberation movement in the world.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders and with deep affection from the bottom of my heart , I respectfully send to the veteran revolutionaries, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline workers my sincere feelings, deep gratitude, warm greetings, affection and best wishes.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the delegation offered incense to commemorate heroes and martyrs at the A1 National Martyrs Cemetery - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Dear delegates and compatriots, comrades!
Dien Bien Phu is a large valley in the mountainous region of the Northwest, with an important strategic position for the Indochina battlefield and Southeast Asia. Realizing this important position, in 1953, the French colonialists sent paratroopers and continuously increased their troops, weapons, equipment, military hardware, built more fortifications, fortresses, etc., turning Dien Bien Phu into the strongest military base in Indochina, "an impregnable fortress" .
- Correctly assessing the situation and the enemy's plots and tricks, in December 1953, the Politburo wisely decided to launch the Dien Bien Phu Campaign ; General, Commander-in-Chief Vo Nguyen Giap was appointed Commander. President Ho Chi Minh determined: "This campaign is a very important campaign. Not only militarily but also politically, not only domestically but also internationally. Therefore, the entire Party, the entire army, and the entire people must complete it successfully."
- In contrast to the enemy's large number of troops, strong firepower, and solid fortifications, our soldiers and compatriots had to face countless dangers, hardships, difficulties, and challenges : (i) We were in the position of a small country, having to fight against the invasion of larger, more powerful countries; (ii) We had to shift our strategy from "avoiding strong points, attacking weak points" to concentrating our main combat forces to attack and destroy the enemy's most elite forces; (iii) The mountainous terrain was rugged, with many high passes and deep ravines; (iv) Our main forces were limited in weapons and equipment; ensuring logistics, medical care, and technology for a large, long-term campaign encountered countless difficulties and hardships.
Emotional tears of Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline laborers directly participating in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
However, with the spirit of "All for the front", "All for the frontline", "All for victory" , the strength of the great national unity bloc was highly promoted with an indomitable will, our Party led the army and people of the whole country to unite, concentrate human and material resources to make Dien Bien Phu a decisive victory, smashing the invasion ambitions of the imperialist and colonial forces; contributing significantly to gaining a great advantage at the Geneva Agreement negotiation table, opening a new glorious page for the revolution and the Vietnamese people in 1954.
- It is the victory of Vietnamese revolutionary mettle, intelligence and heroism, of human conscience and dignity, demonstrated by the correct, creative and skillful strategic leadership and direction of the Party and the great President Ho Chi Minh, the tactical talent of General Vo Nguyen Giap and the generals, officers and soldiers on the battlefield.
- That is the victory of justice, of the heroic Vietnamese people, of the solidarity of "the army and the people with one will", of the brave, resilient, determined fighting spirit and the thirst for victory of our entire army and people, because "there is nothing more precious than independence and freedom".
- It is the victory of combining national strength with the strength of the times; including the support, assistance and assistance of fraternal socialist countries and progressive, peace-loving people in the world, especially the countries on the Indochina peninsula.
- We will never forget the heroic, intelligent, creative examples who have made our nation's tradition of ardent patriotism famous, such as hero To Vinh Dien, hero Be Van Dan, hero Phan Dinh Giot... along with thousands and thousands of soldiers and compatriots who were resilient, brave, and not afraid of sacrifice and hardship with the spirit of "rather sacrifice everything but never lose the country, never become slaves", "determined to die so that the Fatherland can live".
- We will never forget the image of our people from rural to urban areas, from mountainous to lowland areas, from islands to mainland, old and young, men and women, all listening to the call of the Party and Uncle Ho, striving to compete to build a solid rear, killing enemies and making achievements; or the image of the "bicycle troop" with thousands of them transporting day and night on a route of nearly 1,500 km, contributing human and material resources to ensure the best conditions for the battlefield, adding to the will to fight and win for the armed forces on the front line.
- We will never forget the enthusiastic and excited spirit of the porters who set out with the belief of certain victory; tens of thousands of people day and night cut mountains, cleared forests, opened thousands of kilometers of roads to transport weapons and food for the Campaign. "...And the women and men who went to the front line day and night/ Several layers of clouds, strong winds and heavy rain/ Pha Din Slope, women carried loads, men carried goods/ Lung Lo Pass, men sang and sang/ Even though bombs and bullets shattered bones and crushed flesh/ They did not lose heart, did not regret their youth..." [1] .
And today, we are moved and moved to meet those examples and images again, to feel that enthusiastic and excited spirit from 139 delegates representing Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline laborers present here - representing the country's elite children who devoted their strength and flesh and blood to create the Dien Bien Phu Victory - one of the brilliant peaks, glorious miracles and "golden milestones" in the history of our nation's struggle against foreign invaders; worthy of being recorded in history as Bach Dang, Chi Lang, Dong Da in the Ho Chi Minh era. I am extremely moved, as if I have been given more motivation, inspiration and joy to see that you, my uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, although most of you are very old, are still healthy, clear-headed and full of enthusiasm, especially when we listen to the sharing and confiding of Uncle Bui Kim Dieu and Uncle Duong Chi Ky, very emotional, full of inspiration and very optimistic.
The Dien Bien Phu victory will forever be an immortal heroic epic - "A shining golden milestone" in the history of our nation and our country - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Dear delegates and compatriots, comrades!
Over the years, with the moral of "When drinking water, remember the source, when eating fruit, remember the person who planted the tree", our Party and State have always paid special attention to, led and directed the good performance of gratitude and repayment work with a sense of responsibility, respect and deep gratitude; issued and effectively implemented many policies and guidelines to provide specific and practical support to war invalids, sick soldiers, relatives of martyrs, and people with meritorious services to the revolution, considering this an important, regular, meaningful, responsible , deeply grateful and humane political task.
- In particular, I am pleased to know that, towards the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory, in response to the program "Millions of loving hearts - Thousand happy homes" , Dien Bien province has completed 100% of the construction of Great Solidarity houses for 5 thousand poor and near-poor households, demonstrating the deep concern and active response of ministries, branches, central and local agencies, units, enterprises, organizations and individuals.
- In addition to the positive results achieved, we are still worried, anxious, tormented, troubled and feel guilty when the lives of a part of war invalids, sick soldiers, relatives of martyrs, families of people with revolutionary contributions are still difficult; many martyrs have not found their remains, have not been identified... still lying on the heroic historical land of the Northwest.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents gifts to Dien Bien soldiers at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
In the coming time, I propose that all levels, sectors and localities continue to effectively implement the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws, further promote the care of war invalids, sick soldiers, martyrs' families and people with revolutionary contributions, focusing on a number of specific tasks :
- Strengthen propaganda work, raise people's awareness of the great sacrifices and contributions of those who have contributed to the revolution to promote patriotism, strongly promote the tradition of "When drinking water, remember its source", "When eating fruit, remember the person who planted the tree" and the spirit of great national unity, sense of responsibility for history and aspiration to contribute to the country and the Fatherland.
- Synchronously and effectively implement preferential policies for people with meritorious services , constantly improve the material and spiritual life of people with meritorious services and families with meritorious services to the revolution. Pay more attention to people with meritorious services in difficult circumstances, living alone, without support, families of people with meritorious services in remote areas, border areas, islands, ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas.
- Continue Effectively carry out the campaign "All people take care of families of war invalids, martyrs and people with meritorious services to the revolution", ensuring that people with meritorious services and their families have a living standard of average or higher in the area; actively support the Gratitude Fund to help families with meritorious services overcome difficulties and improve their lives; do not let any person with meritorious services not enjoy preferential policies of the Party, State and People.
- Promote research and promulgation of specific and practical support mechanisms and policies , create favorable conditions, promote the role of people with meritorious services, war invalids, sick soldiers and families with meritorious services to the revolution, especially in production and business, household economy and collective economy.
- Focus on building and renovating the space and landscape of the martyrs' cemetery to ensure it is spacious, clean and beautiful, showing sacredness and respect, so that this place becomes a "red address" to educate future generations about the heroic historical and revolutionary traditions of the nation.
- Promoting the application of science and technology in managing information data, images, and relics of heroes, martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers; determining DNA for cases of martyrs with unknown information; this is a very meaningful task and the Government is focusing on leading, directing, and investing in this field.
On this occasion, I request the Party Committee, government, army and people of Dien Bien province to continue to inherit and promote the spirit and victory of Dien Bien Phu, unite, join hands and unite to build and develop Dien Bien province quickly and sustainably, maintain the Northwestern border of the Fatherland, and constantly improve the material and spiritual life of the people of all ethnic groups. This is also the wish and entrustment of the Party and State leaders.
On the occasion of today's meeting , I hope and believe that you, the Dien Bien soldiers, the youth volunteers, and the frontline workers will continue to promote the tradition and spirit of self-reliance and self-improvement, continue to contribute your strength and intelligence, and always be a bright and vibrant example; creating motivation and inspiration for the younger generation to follow.
Dear delegates and compatriots, comrades!
Already 70 Years have passed, but the significance and historical lessons of the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory have always been a strong driving force, adding great strength and firm belief to our entire Party, people and army to promote revolutionary heroism and the spirit of great national unity in the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland; with greater determination, greater efforts, more drastic actions, striving to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, building our Vietnam to be increasingly powerful and prosperous, and the people to be increasingly happy and well-off.
Regarding the wishes, desires, and advice of you, we will study, absorb, and take specific actions to implement them. This is also a deep gratitude to those who have contributed to the revolution.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I would like to wish the Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, frontline workers and comrades, distinguished delegates good health, happiness and success!
Thank you very much.
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[1] Excerpt from the poem "Hooray for the Dien Bien soldiers" by poet To Huu.
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