The Embassy and Defence Attaché Office of Vietnam in Algeria held a ceremony in Algiers on December 10 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024).
The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) celebrate its 80th founding anniversary on December 22, 2024, a milestone in the army’s glorious history of serving and defending the nation. After 80 years of construction and development, the VPA has truly proven its revolutionary nature as an army “born from the people, fighting for the people, and serving the people”.
Divisional General Víctor Rojo Ramos, Chief of the Political Directorate of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, has expressed his admiration for the remarkable development of the Vietnam People’s Army which is marking its 80th founding anniversary on December 22.
The establishment of the Vietnam Propaganda Unit of Liberation Army, the forerunner of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), on December 22, 1944, was a historical inevitability, meeting the development needs of the Vietnamese revolution and marking a turning point in the struggle for national liberation of the Vietnamese people, according to a Brazilian historian.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, in collaboration with the institute for strategic and operational studies under the Venezuelan Ministry of Defence, organised a seminar on November 20 on the formation and development process of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) on the occasion of the VPA’s 80th founding anniversary (December 22, 1944 - 2024).
