Gratitude to Chinese veterans and experts who helped the Vietnamese revolution

On the afternoon of December 9, in Beijing, China, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, in coordination with the Embassy of Vietnam in China, organized a meeting with Chinese veterans and experts who helped the Vietnamese revolution. The meeting was chaired by Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, and Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son spoke at the meeting.

Comrade Bui Thanh Son, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs attended the meeting. Also attending were Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai; Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Ha Vi; leaders of the Central External Relations Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam; Comrade Su Nghe, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Demobilized Military Affairs of China; and more than 30 veterans, experts and relatives of Chinese veterans and experts. Moved and delighted to meet the Chinese veterans and experts who helped the Vietnamese revolution and their relatives, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien shared that Vietnam and China are two neighboring countries with mountains and rivers connected by mountains, similar cultures, similar ideals, and the same socialist ideals. President Ho Chi Minh, Chairman Mao Zedong and other senior leaders of the two countries have established friendship and joined hands to build a traditional friendship of "both comrades and brothers".

Deputy Minister of Defense Hoang Xuan Chien spoke at the meeting.

Both countries do not forget the Vietnamese soldiers who joined the Chinese Red Army, such as General Nguyen Son (Hong Thuy), the only Vietnamese who completed the entire Long March of the Chinese Red Army; or the early months of 1949, when the resistance war in the country was still extremely difficult, but Vietnam was also ready to send military forces to join the Chinese Liberation Army in the victorious Thap Van Dai Son campaign; on January 15, 1950, Vietnam recognized the Government of the People's Republic of China; on January 18, 1950, China was the first country in the world to recognize the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This was a mutual support of great historical and political significance to both countries, the day of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China. During the difficult years of the two countries' revolutions, to express their mutual support in the resistance war against foreign invaders, Chairman Mao Zedong affirmed before the Chinese people and the world that: the vast land of China is the great rear of the Vietnamese people. And President Ho Chi Minh, when writing in the newspaper Cuu vong dai bao, affirmed: China and Vietnam are like lips and teeth. Remember that when lips are exposed, teeth hurt, to affirm the vital relationship between the two countries. In the struggles for national independence and national unification of Vietnam, China was one of the countries that helped Vietnam a lot, both in terms of weapons and equipment, logistics, technology and training, and training of cadres and soldiers, contributing significantly to the victory of the Vietnamese people in the resistance wars.

Chinese veterans and experts attended the meeting.

Vietnam always appreciates, remembers and is grateful for the great, timely, wholehearted and righteous assistance of the Party, Government, Army and people of China; the dedication and sacrifice of Chinese veterans and military experts to Vietnam, contributing to helping Vietnam and the Vietnam People's Army achieve great victories in the cause of national liberation and reunification. Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien said that currently, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam are reviewing and restoring martyrs' cemeteries and graves of Chinese martyrs and experts who helped the Vietnamese revolution in the past. Wishing the Chinese veterans and their families good health, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hopes that the veterans will continue to be role models, educating the younger generation about the good relationship between the two countries, contributing their efforts and intelligence, contributing to fostering the good traditional friendship "both comrades and brothers" between Vietnam and China and the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, building a community of shared future between Vietnam and China of strategic significance, for peace, security, development cooperation, prosperity and strength, towards a bright future for the two nations and all of humanity. Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien respectfully invited the Chinese veterans to Vietnam to attend the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th Anniversary of the National Defense Day and to visit Vietnam, where the veterans experienced difficult and arduous years, but were also very proud. Expressing his emotion at meeting the Chinese veterans and experts who had helped the Vietnamese revolution, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son shared that the more than 30 veterans present at the meeting were the ones who witnessed and directly contributed to building the "close Vietnam-China relationship, both as comrades and brothers". With the tradition of "When drinking water, remember its source", the Party, State, people and the People's Army of Vietnam always remember and are grateful for the sincere, wholehearted, great and effective help of the Party, Government, Army and people of China in the past years of fighting for national independence as well as in the cause of building socialism and developing the country today. Appreciating the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense for organizing this meaningful activity to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th National Defense Day, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son said that this is a practical action, demonstrating the fine tradition of "Remembering the tree planter when eating the fruit" of the Vietnamese people or as the General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping said, "Never forget the beginning".

Chinese veterans and experts attended the meeting.

Mr. Truong Van Ban, Head of the delegation of Chinese veterans and experts, representing Chinese veterans, emotionally shared that during Vietnam's struggle for independence and national liberation, he and his comrades left their homeland and marched to the fiery battlefields of Vietnam, fearless of hardship and danger, fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Vietnam People's Army. Half a century has passed, and the soldiers who helped Vietnam now have gray hair, but they have not forgotten their noble mission of fostering the China-Vietnam friendship. Three generations of his family have devoted themselves to this friendship.

Mr. Truong Van Ban, Head of the delegation of Chinese veterans and experts, spoke.

He emphasized that today's meeting is clear evidence that the Party, Government, Army and people of Vietnam have not forgotten the Chinese veterans who fought with all their might to help Vietnam, so that from here on, the flame of friendship is continued and passed on from generation to generation, creating solidarity and attachment between the two nations. He hopes that China and Vietnam will always stand side by side, writing a new chapter in the China-Vietnam friendship.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Minister of National Defense Hoang Xuan Chien presented gifts to Chinese veterans and experts.

At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Deputy Minister of National Defense Hoang Xuan Chien presented gifts from the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam to Chinese veterans and their families. Source: https://nhandan.vn/tri-an-cac-cuu-chien-binh-chuyen-gia-trung-quoc-da-tham-gia-giup-cach-mang-viet-nam-post849460.html