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Founding anniversary of Vietnam People’s Army marked in Algeria

Vietnam’s Embassy and Defence Attaché Office in Algeria held a ceremony in Algiers on December 16 to mark the 74th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22).
Founding anniversary of Vietnam People’s Army marked in Algeria ảnh 1Delegates at the ceremony marking the 74th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army in Algiers (Source: VNA)

Algiers (VNA) – Vietnam’s Embassy and Defence Attaché Office inAlgeria held a ceremony in Algiers on December 16 to mark the 74th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (December 22).

Representatives from the Algerian Defence Ministryand diplomatic corps in Algeria, as well as foreign defence and militaryattachés in the country attended the event.

Speaking at the event, Defence AttachéColonel Duong Duc Thuan recalled the heroic tradition of the VPA in the paststruggle for national liberation and its building of a regular, elite andmodern army to safeguard the country’s independence, sovereignty andterritorial integrity at present.

Thuan said that implementing the VietnameseParty and State’s foreign policy, the VPA always wants to consolidate anddevelop its traditional friendship and cooperation with the armies of Algeriaand other nations.

Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Quoc Truunderlined the fine relations between the two countries in general and the twoarmies in particular, especially the mutual support in their past struggles fornational liberation and current national building and development.-VNA
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