Dien Bien Phu campaign command under the direction of General Vo Nguyen Giap (black shirt) discussing plan for each battle (Source: VNA) This is the first provincial-level cultural activity heldonline on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution Day(August 19) and National Day (September 2), 76 years of establishment of therevolutionary government of Thai Nguyen province (August 20), and the 110th birth anniversary of General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25).
With more than 110 photos and nearly 500 documents, artifacts,books, newspapers, magazines and publications, the exhibition introduces to thepublic about General Vo Nguyen Giap - a loyal revolutionary soldier, anexcellent and close disciple of President Ho Chi Minh and the first general ofthe Vietnam People’s Army.
The exhibition is divided into three parts, featuring activitiesof the Party Central Committee, the Government and late President Ho Chi Minhat ATK Thai Nguyen, General Vo Nguyen Giap’s activities at ATK Thai Nguyen; andthe general with ethnic minorities in the province.
General Vo Nguyen Giap, whose real name is Vo Giap (aliasVan), was born in Loc Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, the central province ofQuang Binh on August 25, 1911. He passedaway in Hanoi on October 4, 2013 at the age of 103.
He once served as a Politburo member, Secretary of theCentral Military Commission, Standing Deputy Prime Minister, Minister ofNational Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnamese People’s Army and aNational Assembly deputy from the first to seventh tenures.
The General, whose military career starting with hisappointment to lead the first Vietnamese revolutionary army unit with only 34soldiers in 1944, led the Vietnamese people's army from victory to victoryduring the resistance war against French colonialists and then Americanimperialists./.
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