President Ho Chi Minh’s sentiment towards army

President Ho Chi Minh – founder of the Vietnam Liberation Army Team, the predecessor of the Vietnam People’s Army (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam Liberation Army Team, the first major unit of the revolutionary armed forces and predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army, is founded following a direction of President Ho Chi Minh, December 22, 1944 (Photo: Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh visits an army unit in Hanoi, 1947 (Photo: Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh oversees the Dong Khe front in Cao Bang Province, September 1950 (Photo: Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh visits soldiers participating in the 1950 Border Campaign (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh talks with high-ranking soldiers and outstanding guerrilla militants in the 1950 Border Campaign (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh talks with high-ranking soldiers and outstanding guerrilla militants in the 1950 Border Campaign (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh shares a meal with soldiers in Viet Bac war zone during the resistance war against French invaders, 1950 (Photo: Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh visits an army unit participating in the Border Campaign in Cao Bang province, March 1951 (Photo: Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh with soldiers on his working trip, Tuyen Quang, 1951 (Photo: Archive)

President Ho Chi Minh talks with an outstanding soldier, 1952 (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh talks with an army unit during the resistance war against French invaders (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh visits an army unit participating in the 1954 Dien Bien Phu Campaign (Photo: VNA)