The program is chaired by the People's Army Newspaper, in coordination with the Cao Bang Provincial Military Command, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Cao Bang Province and the People's Committee of Nguyen Binh District.
This is one of a series of activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024); 35 years of National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024); 80 years of the Traditional Day of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024); 79 years of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.
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Generals, People's Armed Forces Heroes, veterans, and delegates attended the program. |
Speaking at the program, Major General Doan Xuan Bo, Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, emphasized that 80 years ago, on December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army - was established here under the direction of leader Ho Chi Minh.
Carrying the oath of loyalty, the first 34 soldiers with cloth clothes, bare feet, primitive weapons but intelligent and creative under the command of military genius Vo Nguyen Giap, after 3 days of establishing the Team, made the victory of Phai Khat, the victory of Na Ngan, opening the tradition of "Determination to fight, determination to win" of the heroic Vietnam People's Army.
Over the past 80 years, generations of Uncle Ho's soldiers have successively written heroic pages of the nation's history.
On this happy day, we cannot help but remember with nostalgia the days when our fathers and brothers went out to fight the enemy in plain clothes and bare feet; our people shared their food and clothes with the soldiers, together "a piece of rice dipped in salt, a heavy burden of hatred", together overcoming many difficulties so that our country and our villages could be happy and prosperous like today.
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The organizing committee presented gifts and expressed gratitude to generals, heroes of the People's Armed Forces, and veterans. |
With that glorious tradition, we believe that our army will forever be strong, forever trusted by the people, and together with the people firmly protect our beloved Fatherland.
The meeting and discussion program includes 3 parts: "80 years of building a heroic army"; "Party work, political work - Soul, lifeblood of the Vietnam People's Army"; "Marching under the military flag".
At the program, guests exchanged and shared stories, information and perspectives on the 80-year journey of establishment, construction, fighting, growth and development of our army.
The guests also shared and affirmed the particularly important role of Party work and political work in the army; ensuring the absolute and direct leadership of the Party in all aspects over the army; building a politically strong army is the most important factor, having decisive significance in creating the strength of our army.
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Ethnic people of Nguyen Binh district attended the program. |
In part 3 of the talk show with the theme "Marching under the military flag", guest officers shared their feelings of pride as they continue to write the glorious history of the army.
With pride, honor and responsibility, generations of officers and soldiers today have been and are continuing to build our army to be increasingly modern, with comprehensive strength, high level of expertise and combat readiness, promoting its core role in building all-people national defense, all-people national defense posture associated with people's security posture and performing noble international duties.
Sharing about the tradition of scientific research and mastery of weapons and equipment of our army officers and soldiers, Lieutenant General, Hero of the People's Armed Forces Pham Tuan, former Director of the General Department of Defense Industry, said that in the battle that took place in March 1947, the Bazooka, with 10 bullets made by the late Professor Tran Dai Nghia and his colleagues, burned 2 French tanks. This event surprised the entire French colonial military community.
Nowadays, in addition to purchasing modern weapons and equipment, our army has also become self-reliant and self-reliant in researching, manufacturing, and equipping modern weapons and equipment, contributing significantly to increasing the overall strength of our army.
Promoting the core role in building the all-people national defense, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture, our army has also been participating in the noble international mission, participating in maintaining peace at a number of "hot spots" in the world.
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| Captain Vu Nhat Huong, officer of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department. |
The sharing of Captain Vu Nhat Huong, an officer of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, about the memories and the process of performing the mission in the Central African Republic in 2021-2022 also left many emotions in the hearts of guests, delegates and people attending the program.
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The organizing committee awarded funds to support housing construction for families of people with revolutionary contributions, poor households, and soldiers in difficult circumstances. |
On this occasion, the People's Army Newspaper and sponsors supported and presented gifts worth 1.5 billion VND.
In particular, funding was provided to build 10 houses for families of people with revolutionary contributions, poor households, and soldiers in difficult circumstances; gifts were given to 451 policy beneficiaries, poor households, and excellent students in Tam Kim and Hoa Tham communes, Nguyen Binh district.
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