On the morning of September 6, in Hanoi, General Secretary To Lam - Secretary of the Central Military Commission attended the 80th Anniversary of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) (September 7, 1945 - September 7, 2025) and the ceremony to receive the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces.
Attending the ceremony were Politburo members: Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organizing Committee Le Minh Hung; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Phan Dinh Trac; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia; General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Standing member of the Document Subcommittee of the 14th Party Congress Nguyen Van Nen.
Attending the ceremony were former Politburo members and former Minister of National Defense: General Pham Van Tra, former Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Party Committee (now the Central Military Commission); General Ngo Xuan Lich, former Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission.
Also attending were 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; General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense; leaders of central and local departments, ministries and branches; defense deputies, military deputies, military deputies of countries in Vietnam.
Presenting a speech at the ceremony, General Nguyen Tan Cuong affirmed: After the country gained its independence, to command and operate the armed forces of the whole country, on September 7, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh assigned comrade Hoang Van Thai to establish the General Staff (GCS).
Under the leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, directly the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and the enthusiastic support of Party committees, authorities and people nationwide, the Vietnam Bank has gradually matured and achieved many outstanding feats.
According to General Nguyen Tan Cuong, in the resistance war against the French colonialists, the BTTM advised on organizing the Army in the form of "third party" from the company level to the company level (division); focusing on building and developing local soldiers, militia and foreign players, actively training and training cadres, gradually promoting the campaign, advancing large-scale concentrated operations, organizing many important and strategic victory campaigns, creating the Dien Bien Phu Victory "shaking the world".
