On the afternoon of April 3, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, chaired the ceremony to award the Independence Medal, Military Service Medal, and Fatherland Protection Medal to a number of key leaders and senior leaders of the Party, State, Government and Army.
Also attending were President Luong Cuong; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; Member of the Politburo, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; Member of the Politburo, Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; Members of the Politburo, Members of the Secretariat, Members of the Party Central Committee; Leaders of central committees, ministries, branches, Party Committees of the Presidential Office, Party Committees of the Government, Party Committees of the National Assembly, Ministry of National Defense...
At the ceremony, General Secretary To Lam awarded the First-class Military Service Order to President Luong Cuong; awarded the First-class Independence Order to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; awarded the First-class Military Service Order to comrades: Member of the Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang; former Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang; Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong; Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung.
Also at the ceremony, President Luong Cuong and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man awarded the Second-class Independence Medal to comrades: Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra; Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son; Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc; Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung; Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son.
President Luong Cuong and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man awarded the Second-class Military Service Order to comrades: General Trinh Van Quyet, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; General Nguyen Trong Nghia, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Head of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA); General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the VPA, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense.
At the ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Politburo Member, Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu awarded the Third-class Independence Medal to comrades: Member of the Party Central Committee, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary in charge of the National Assembly Party Committee Nguyen Hong Dien; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh; Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung; Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung; Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Huynh Thanh Dat; Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations Chau Van Minh.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu also awarded the Third-class Military Service Order to comrades: Lieutenant General Tao Duc Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman cum General Director of the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group; Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Binh, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu awarded the Second-class Fatherland Protection Medal to comrades: Senior Lieutenant General Do Xuan Tung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Le Van Huong, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Tran Minh Duc, Director of the General Department of Logistics and Technology; Lieutenant General Tran Cong Chinh, Director General of General Department II.
Speaking to congratulate the comrades who received the Independence Medal, Military Service Medal, and Fatherland Protection Medal, General Secretary To Lam affirmed that this is a particularly respectful recognition of the Party, State and People for the great, persistent, outstanding, and particularly outstanding contributions of the comrades in the cause of building and protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
The medals awarded today are noble rewards that the Party and State have affirmed and recognized the merits, intelligence, bravery, responsibility and dedication of cadres who have devoted their whole mind and strength to the revolutionary cause.
That is the honor of the bright qualities and ethics of comrades who are always absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, to the Party, to the People; always steadfast in the face of all challenges; always putting national and ethnic interests first and foremost.
The General Secretary stated clearly that today's Medal Ceremony is not only an opportunity to honor outstanding contributions, but also an opportunity to affirm something of profound significance: all victories of our country's revolution originate from the correct leadership of the Party, from the strength of great national unity, from the indomitable will of the People, from the dedication and effort of the contingent of cadres and party members, especially those who hold important responsibilities before the Party, before the State, and before the People.
