The document was first published on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army.

On December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army was established in Nguyen Binh district (Cao Bang province), under the command of comrade Vo Nguyen Giap. This was the first main unit of the revolutionary armed forces and the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA).

Ms. Tran Viet Hoa - Director of National Archives Center III - said: "The archival documents selected for introduction on this occasion are original documents, including some documents that have been declassified and published for the first time. These are accurate and valuable documents about the process of establishment, construction, consolidation of the organization, defense policy and the long development journey of the Vietnam People's Army."

General Vo Nguyen Giap (third from left, pointing at the map) reports to President Ho Chi Minh (first, back turned from right) the plan to destroy the French plot to attack Viet Bac, Fall - Winter 1947.

Speech by comrade Vo Nguyen Giap read on December 22, 1944 on the occasion of the founding of the first Liberation Army.

Since its inception and development, the Vietnam People's Army has been organized, educated and trained by the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh, and is the core force of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces.

This exhibition has about 150 documents and images selected from the administrative archives (a specialized term for archives) of the Prime Minister's Office, the National Assembly, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Office of the President, the Government Unification Committee; the collected documents and archives, and photos of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Major General Hoang Kien, photographer Nguyen Ba Khoan, Professor Hoang Minh Giam, Major General Dang Vu Hiep; documents of artists who compose about the army such as musicians Trong Loan, Doan Nho, Trong Bang, etc. These are vivid and clear evidence of the process of building, fighting and growing up of the Vietnam People's Army.

Official dispatch No. 400-TTg (September 23, 1954) of Prime Minister Pham Van Dong on naming the Army of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from now on as the "Vietnam People's Army"

Among the information at the ceremony to introduce the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army, there are typical documents such as President Ho Chi Minh's Directive on the establishment of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, the Speech of Comrade Van (Vo Nguyen Giap) read on December 22, 1944 in the Tran Hung Dao forest, Hoang Hoa Tham on the occasion of the establishment of the first Liberation Army, photos of the ceremony to establish the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army in the Tran Hung Dao forest (Cao Bang), December 22, 1944...

The ceremony also introduced a number of decrees issued by the President of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam related to the organization of the Vietnam People's Army, such as Decree No. 28 (dated March 15, 1946) on appointing Mr. Ta Quang Buu to the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense, Decree No. 34 (dated March 25, 1946) on the organization of the Ministry of National Defense, Decree No. 33/QP (dated March 22, 1946) on determining ranks, uniforms, badges, and insignia for the army nationwide, Decree No. 71/SL (dated May 22, 1946) on determining rules in the Vietnam National Army...

Representatives of the Organizing Committee and guests at the ceremony introducing 80 years of archives of the Vietnam People's Army. Photo: Kien Nghia.

Liberation army entered to liberate Trang Bom town - Bien Hoa, 1975.

In addition to information about the Vietnam People's Army in its early days, documents about the national resistance war to the Dien Bien Phu campaign (1946-1954), the years of resistance against the US (1954-1975), policies and regimes for soldiers, militia, the Army, national defense during the period of peace and renovation, military law, and awards for meritorious services... were also clearly informed at the ceremony to introduce the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army.

In addition, the introduction ceremony also announced a number of documents on other topics such as records and memorabilia of cadres who went to B, songs composed during wartime, serving the resistance and praising the Vietnam People's Army.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/tai-lieu-lan-dau-duoc-cong-bo-nhan-ky-niem-80-nam-thanh-lap-quan-doi-nhan-dan-viet-nam-post1697420.tpo