On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024), this morning (December 14), in Hanoi, the Ministry of National Defense, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Public Security and Cao Bang province organized a national scientific conference "Vietnam People's Army - Heroic tradition, glorious career, core force in building a strong national defense".
Politburo member, President Luong Cuong - Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces - attended and delivered a speech.
The Presidium of the conference included Politburo members: General Phan Van Giang - Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia; Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council...
Presenting the opening report of the workshop, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army - emphasized that the workshop aimed to study, clarify and affirm the important achievements in 80 years of building, fighting, growing and winning of the Vietnam People's Army, 35 years of implementing the National Defense Day; thereby promoting the great value, valuable lessons learned are extremely necessary and meaningful in both theory and practice.
In particular, the workshop needs to continue to affirm and clarify the following basic issues:
Firstly, analyze and clarify the historical context, significance of the birth; leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh, Central Military Commission on the process of building, fighting, maturing and glorious victory of the Vietnam People's Army over the past 80 years.
Second, analyze and deepen the basic contents of Ho Chi Minh's thought on building the People's Army and all-people national defense; the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on military, national defense, people's war, and all-people national defense to protect the Fatherland.
Third, affirming the noble nature, heroic tradition, and glorious career of the Vietnam People's Army, a revolutionary army born from the people, fighting for the people, loved, protected, and trusted by the people, given the noble title of Uncle Ho's Soldiers; maintaining and promoting the culture and qualities of Uncle Ho's Soldiers in the new era.
Fourth, the significance, role and achievements of the National Defense Day; building and promoting the "people's hearts" and the strength of great national unity in the cause of national liberation struggle, building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
Fifth, to draw conclusions and analyze and clarify valuable historical lessons that can be applied to the current cause of national construction and defense. The role and responsibility of the entire Party, the entire people, and the entire army; of all levels, sectors, localities, agencies, and units in building the Vietnam People's Army to develop in the direction of being lean, compact, strong, and advancing toward modernization; in building the all-people national defense associated with the people's security, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture, firmly protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
