Politburo member and President Luong Cuong attended the ceremony. Also attending the program were former leaders of the Party and State; leaders of the Government, the National Assembly; leaders of central and local departments, ministries and branches.
Ms. Ton Ngoc Hanh - Secretary of the Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee said that at the end of 1974 and the beginning of 1975, with the support of the Central Government, the army and people of Binh Phuoc participated in the 14 - Phuoc Long road campaign.
Consecutive campaigns to completely liberate Bu Dang district on December 14, 1974, liberate Dong Xoai on December 26, whole of 7. On January 6, 1975, our army attacked and took control of the enemy's Ldingding Province of Phuoc Long and completely took control of a province in the South (Phuoc Long Province, now under Binh Phuoc Province).
Promoting the victory, our army continued to consolidate and expand the liberated zone. On March 23, 1975, the enemy retreated to Chon Thanh, An Loc - the center of the province, Binh Long province was liberated. After that, Chon Thanh was the last locality of Binh Long province to be liberated.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Luong Cuong stated that half a century has passed, but the spirit of that year's victory day is still resonate, deeply imprinted in every heroic history of the Vietnamese people's fight against foreign invasion.
The victory over Phuoc Long and An Loc is the direct result of the third armed forces in the Southeast region and the people of Binh Phuoc. The victory completely liberated a province with a very important strategic position right in the North of Saigon. Opening up a large safe zone is an important support for the strategic mission of liberating Saigon, completely liberating the South, and unifying the country.
The 50th Anniversary of Binh Phuoc Liberation is an opportunity for us to review the heroic history, express gratitude and honor the heroic martyrs who sacrificed, compatriots, comrades and soldiers who have contributed to the cause of national liberation and national reunification.
Thereby, each Vietnamese citizen today and tomorrow can have a deeper awareness of their role and responsibility in the cause of innovation, construction and protection of the Fatherland, continuing to write heroic history with new achievements" - the President emphasized.
President Luong Cuong suggested that Binh Phuoc province continue to strongly promote the heroic tradition and strength of the people and the great national unity bloc to join the whole country in entering a new era, an era of rising up, developing richly and prosperously of the Vietnamese people.
