Vietnam’s diplomatic representative offices in many countries have heldceremonies to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the VietnamPeople’s Army (VPA) and 25th All People’s Defence Day (December 22).
Speaking at the ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, onDecember 12, Vietnamese Ambassador Dao Thanh Chung recalled theseven-decade process of forming and growing of the VPA through the tworesistance wars against French and US forces as well as struggles innorthern and southwestern border areas to safeguard the nation’sindependence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Participants to the event watched documentary films on the army’s70-year history, including the debut ceremony in Tran Hung Dao forest inthe northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, the August Revolution1945, the Dien Bien Phu victory 1954, the Spring General Offensive andUprising 1975 as well as the daily training and lives of officers andsoldiers during peacetime.
On the same day, theVietnamese Embassy in Russia held a meeting for nearly 100 former SovietUnion experts who used to work in Vietnam during 1960s and 1970s.
Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Son expressed his great gratitude to theveterans’ important contributions to the triumph of the Vietnamese army.
The 70th founding anniversary of the VietnamPeople’s Army was also celebrated by the Defence Attaché Office inBrazil.
The event saw the presence of the host country’s defence and foreign officers as well as many foreign diplomats.
Defence Attaché Nghiem Quoc Huy affirmed that the Vietnamese army hascontinuously expanded its friendship and cooperation with others allover the world on the basis of respecting each other’s independence,sovereignty, territorial integrity and interests.
Vietnam has so far established defence ties with 80 countries andinternational organisations, and opened defence attaché offices in 31nations.
On this occasion, a seminar on General Vo Nguyen Giap, the first Commander-in-Chief of the VPA, was organised in Argentina.-VNA
Speaking at the ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, onDecember 12, Vietnamese Ambassador Dao Thanh Chung recalled theseven-decade process of forming and growing of the VPA through the tworesistance wars against French and US forces as well as struggles innorthern and southwestern border areas to safeguard the nation’sindependence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Participants to the event watched documentary films on the army’s70-year history, including the debut ceremony in Tran Hung Dao forest inthe northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, the August Revolution1945, the Dien Bien Phu victory 1954, the Spring General Offensive andUprising 1975 as well as the daily training and lives of officers andsoldiers during peacetime.
On the same day, theVietnamese Embassy in Russia held a meeting for nearly 100 former SovietUnion experts who used to work in Vietnam during 1960s and 1970s.
Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Son expressed his great gratitude to theveterans’ important contributions to the triumph of the Vietnamese army.
The 70th founding anniversary of the VietnamPeople’s Army was also celebrated by the Defence Attaché Office inBrazil.
The event saw the presence of the host country’s defence and foreign officers as well as many foreign diplomats.
Defence Attaché Nghiem Quoc Huy affirmed that the Vietnamese army hascontinuously expanded its friendship and cooperation with others allover the world on the basis of respecting each other’s independence,sovereignty, territorial integrity and interests.
Vietnam has so far established defence ties with 80 countries andinternational organisations, and opened defence attaché offices in 31nations.
On this occasion, a seminar on General Vo Nguyen Giap, the first Commander-in-Chief of the VPA, was organised in Argentina.-VNA
