On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, implementing the plan for the program of publishing national archival documents to serve socio-economic development and protect national sovereignty in 2024, National Archives Center III organized an introduction of archival documents with the theme "80 years of the Vietnam People's Army".
The archive has about 150 documents and images, selected from administrative document collections: Prime Minister's Office, National Assembly, Ministry of Home Affairs, President/President's Office, Government Unification Committee and collected documents; photo document collections of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Major General Hoang Kien, Photographer Nguyen Ba Khoan, Professor Hoang Minh Giam, Major General Dang Vu Hiep; documents of artists who composed works about the army such as Musician Trong Loan, Doan Nho, Trong Bang...
The valuable documents are divided into many topics, such as the content about the establishment of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army, including President Ho Chi Minh's Directive on the establishment of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, December 1944; Speech by comrade Van (Vo Nguyen Giap) read on December 22, 1944 in the Tran Hung Dao and Hoang Hoa Tham forests on the occasion of the establishment of the first Liberation Army; photos of the ceremony to establish the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army in the Tran Hung Dao forest (Cao Bang) in 1944...
The topic of organization, staff of the Ministry of National Defense and the name of the Vietnam People's Army introduces Decree No. 28 dated March 15, 1946 of the President of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on appointing Mr. Ta Quang Buu to the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense; Decree No. 34 dated March 25, 1946 of the President of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on the organization of the Ministry of National Defense; Official dispatch on the name of the Vietnam People's Army...
In the theme From the National Resistance War to the Dien Bien Phu Campaign 1946 - 1954, there are images of the liberation army marching to celebrate National Day September 2, 1946 at Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi; images of our army in the Viet Bac campaign, Dien Bien Phu campaign...
During the years of resistance against American imperialism from 1954 to 1975, archived documents display the Government's Report on the issue of "Building the army, strengthening national defense" presented by General Vo Nguyen Giap, Minister of National Defense at the 6th session of the 1st National Assembly from December 29, 1956 to January 25, 1957; Our army was evacuating machinery, ready to fight in Ha Tay in 1972; The army and people of the capital Hanoi shot down a B52 aircraft, December 18, 1972...
In the topic of Army and national defense in the period of peace and innovation, there are documents such as the Announcement of the Council of Ministers on the work of calling for military service in 1985, Report on the situation of economic production and construction activities in 1985, tasks and targets for 1986, Resolution No. 11-NQ/TW of the Politburo on building border guards in the new situation dated August 8, 1995...
The topic of President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam People's Army has documents and images about the Twelve Commandments that President Ho Chi Minh taught the army to do political work during the resistance war, 1946-1947; President Ho Chi Minh's letter to the soldiers of the national defense, self-defense, and militia nationwide, January 1947; President Ho Chi Minh's letter to all the troops of Zone II and Zone III on February 24, 1948; President Ho Chi Minh's letter praising the army and people of the Capital for fighting the Americans well, on December 15, 1966...
There are also some documents on other topics such as: General Vo Nguyen Giap - The eldest brother of the Vietnam People's Army; Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and the Vietnam People's Army; records and memorabilia of cadres who went to B, about songs composed during the war, serving the resistance and praising the Vietnam People's Army.
The archival documents selected at the event are original documents, many of which are being introduced to the public for the first time, introducing the process of establishment, construction, consolidation of the organization, defense policies and the long development journey of the Vietnam People's Army.
