On December 20, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024). General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission attended the ceremony.
Attending the ceremony were: Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former Secretary of the Central Military Commission; President Luong Cuong; former Presidents: Nguyen Minh Triet, Truong Tan Sang; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former National Assembly Chairmen: Nguyen Van An, Nguyen Sinh Hung, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Politburo members: Tran Cam Tu, Standing member of the Secretariat, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee; Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee; General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense... Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Heroes of Labor, generals of the People's Armed Forces and international guests.
Delivering the opening speech at the ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam reviewed the heroic and glorious tradition of the Vietnam People's Army during 80 years of building, fighting, winning and growing. In particular, following the Directive of leader Ho Chi Minh, on December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army Team, the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army, was established. Immediately after its establishment, with its ingenious, daring, surprising and brilliant fighting style, the Team destroyed Phai Khat and Na Ngan forts in the first two opening battles, opening the tradition of "Determined to fight, Determined to win" of the Vietnam People's Army. After only 8 months, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, together with local armed forces and people nationwide, carried out a General Uprising to seize power nationwide, making the August Revolution in 1945, taking power into the hands of the people, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the first people's democratic state in Southeast Asia, opening a new era in the history of the nation, the era of independence and freedom.
Under the leadership, education and training of our Party and President Ho Chi Minh, and the nurturing, protection and shelter of the people, our Army has developed rapidly, continuously achieving outstanding feats of arms. From the initial "senior army" with 34 soldiers, our Army has quickly developed into 6 infantry divisions, an artillery division and several main regiments, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, continuously winning major campaigns, the peak of which was the Dien Bien Phu victory, forcing the French colonialists to surrender. The army, which had just turned 10 years old, defeated a professional expeditionary army established in the 15th century. That affirmed the height of Vietnamese intelligence and Vietnamese military art, marking the remarkable development of the Vietnam People's Army.
Entering the period of building socialism in the North, creating a solid stronghold to carry out the people's national democratic revolution in the South; implementing the Party's policy of "actively building a strong people's army, gradually moving towards regularization and modernization", the Vietnam People's Army continued to have new steps of maturity, becoming a regular army, increasingly modern, including the Army, Navy, Air Defense - Air Force and the birth of main army corps, meeting the requirements of the mission of the extremely arduous, fierce and sacrificial resistance war against the US to save the country of our people.
Entering the period of national construction and defense, the Army strives together with the people of the whole country to overcome the consequences, heal the wounds of war, develop the economy, culture, and society, and fight steadfastly to defend every inch of the sacred land of the Fatherland and fulfill its noble international obligations. In this new period, the Army always performs well the function of "fighting army - working army - production labor army", making worthy contributions to the great and historic achievements of the Vietnamese revolution.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that as an army born from the people, fighting for the people, serving the people, and closely attached to the people, the Army always shares the hardships with the people at all times and in all places; acting as the core and vanguard in preventing, combating, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and epidemics, and in search and rescue, the Army is always present in key and dangerous places to protect the lives and property of the people, truly a solid "support" for the people in times of danger and hardship. Many officers and soldiers have heroically sacrificed in the fight against natural disasters and epidemics, further illuminating the noble qualities of Uncle Ho's Army in the new era.
General Secretary To Lam emphasized that in the new revolutionary period, the prerequisite for the People's Army to continue to excellently fulfill all tasks, together with the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army, to create new miracles in building and defending the socialist Fatherland is to maintain and strengthen the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party, the centralized and unified management and administration of the State over the People's Army and the cause of consolidating national defense and security; constantly promoting the strength of great national unity. Firmly uphold the goal of national independence and socialism, firmly uphold the line of all-people national defense and people's war, strive to build all-people national defense associated with people's security, all-people national defense posture associated with people's security posture and a solid "people's hearts posture"; closely combine national strength in the spirit of "self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, and national pride" with the strength of the times, the consensus, support, and cooperation for development of international friends.
General Secretary To Lam affirmed that, reviewing the glorious tradition of 80 years of building, fighting, winning and growing, we are even more proud of the Vietnam People's Army, a heroic Army of a heroic nation; a political force, a fighting force absolutely loyal and trustworthy to the Party, State and people; an army that has fought and won hundreds of battles, together with the people, achieved many glorious feats; always ready to fight and sacrifice for the Party's ideal goals, for the happiness of the people. To firmly enter the era of prosperity, prosperity and development with the whole country, the Party, State and people believe that the Vietnam People's Army will continuously promote its glorious tradition, continue to achieve outstanding feats, together with the entire Party and people to firmly protect the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
In recognition of the great contributions and outstanding achievements in recent years, on this occasion, the President decided to award the Ho Chi Minh Order to the Vietnam People's Army. At the ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam presented the Ho Chi Minh Order to the Vietnam People's Army.
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