Event news - Provincial Military Command meets with the Joint...

Attending were Colonel Nguyen Hoang Minh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Mr. Bui Minh Tri - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nguyen Dinh Chuan - Political Commissar of the Ministry CHQS province; Lieutenant General Nguyen Duc Son - Former Deputy Political Commander of Army Corps 1 , Head of Liaison 1st Corps Combat Association.

Overview of the meeting and exchange

Colonel Nguyen Hoang Minh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command and Mr. Bui Minh Tri - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented a flower basket from the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Southern Province for Liaison Committee

Speaking to review the tradition, Lieutenant General Nguyen Duc Son - Former Deputy Political Commander of the 1st Corps, Head of the Liaison Committee, said that on October 24, 1973, the 1st Corps - the Determined to Win Corps, one of the first main and mobile Corps of the Vietnam People's Army, was established, marking a new step of development to strengthen the position and strength of our army, meeting the operational and strategic requirements of the Southern revolution in the highly developed stage of the resistance war against the US to save the country. In particular, in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, the Corps was tasked with attacking from the North of Saigon, surrounding and destroying the enemy at Phu Loi Base (now the Headquarters of the Provincial Military Command) and Ben Cat, Thu Dau Mot, Lai Khe; preventing and neutralizing the puppet 5th Division and attacking and capturing the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the Command Headquarters of puppet arms in Go Vap, Binh Thanh. Organized an attack force to join other army corps at the Independence Palace, creating a historic victory in the spring of 1975, completely liberating the South and unifying the country. The officers and soldiers of the 1st Army Corps, together with the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people, created a historic victory on April 30, 1975, unifying the country; then continued to fight to protect the Southwest and Northwest borders of the Fatherland.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Duc Son - Former Deputy Political Commander of Army Corps 1, Head of Liaison Committee spoke at the meeting.

Over 52 years of building, fighting and growing up, generations of officers and soldiers of the 1st Corps have promoted the good nature and glorious tradition of the heroic, united and brave Vietnam People's Army, achieved many feats in the resistance war against the US, proactively, creatively, overcame difficulties and hardships to excellently complete their tasks, enhanced the combined strength of the strategic reserve mobile main force corps, and were awarded many noble awards by the Party, State and army.

Colonel Nguyen Dinh Chuan - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command spoke at the meeting.

Speaking at the meeting, Colonel Nguyen Dinh Chuan - Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command reported to the delegation the achievements of the provincial armed forces in recent years; at the same time, expressed his respect and deep gratitude to the officers and soldiers of the 1st Corps in general and the children of the Northern and Central provinces in particular who heroically sacrificed and devoted their youth to the cause of national liberation and the officers and soldiers who fought tirelessly for the independence and freedom of the nation, for the peaceful life of today's and future generations.

Leaders of units give souvenirs

Before that, the delegates burned incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs at the Traditional House of the Provincial Military Command and visited the exhibition area of images and traditional artifacts of the provincial armed forces.