This morning (December 12), in Hanoi, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its traditional day (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and receive the First Class Independence Medal. General Secretary To Lam - Secretary of the Central Military Commission - attended and delivered an important speech.
Also attending the ceremony were Politburo members: President Luong Cuong; National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; Standing member of the Secretariat, Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission Tran Cam Tu; leaders and former leaders of the Party and State; representatives of central departments, ministries and branches;
Also attending, on the side of the Ministry of National Defense were General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; leaders and former leaders of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense; and leaders of a number of localities.
Also attending the ceremony were the Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Chief of the General Department of Politics, former Chief of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; leaders of general departments, agencies, and units under the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; representatives of military attaches of countries in Vietnam; representatives of pre-uprising cadres, heroic Vietnamese mothers, and heroes of the People's Armed Forces.
At the ceremony, 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 - on behalf of the leaders of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, read a commemorative speech.
Next, General Secretary To Lam - Secretary of the Central Military Commission - awarded the First Class Independence Medal to the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and delivered an important speech.
Before the ceremony, the delegation of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army led by 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 - offered flowers, visited President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and laid wreaths and incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs (Bac Son Street, Hanoi).
