In his commemorative address, Director of the Army Academy Lieutenant General Do Minh Xuong recalled that after the success of the August Revolution in 1945, and in response to the need to train military officers to develop the people's armed forces, safeguard the revolutionary government, and prepare for a protracted resistance war, the first intermediate-level military training course of the Vietnam People's Army was opened on July 7, 1946, in Tong, Son Tay (now Doai Phuong commune, Hanoi). This marked the historic birth of today's Army Academy.
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General Phan Van Giang reviews the Guards-of-Honor. |
Over the past 80 years of development, the Army Academy has become the country and military's leading center for educating and training tactical- and operational-level command and staff officers, and for conducting military science and military art research.
On the occasion of its 80th foundation anniversary, the institution was honored to receive the First-Class Fatherland Protection Order awarded by the Party and the State of Vietnam, while its collectives and individuals were also presented with the Moha Sena Friendship Order by the Government of Cambodia.
Addressing the ceremony, General Phan Van Giang affirmed that the Army Academy was among the earliest military educational institutions established within the system of military academies and schools. Its establishment and growth have been closely associated with the building, combat, and glorious victories of the Vietnam People's Army, making important contributions to the successes of Vietnamese troops and people in the past resistance wars and in the ongoing national construction and defense cause.
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General Phan Van Giang addresses the ceremony. |
The defense chief praised the Academy's generations of cadres, instructors, cadets, staff, and soldiers for their absolute loyalty to the Party, the Fatherland, and the people, promotion of the glorious traditions of the heroic Vietnam People's Army and the good qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers. They have built and preserved the Academy's proud tradition of steadfastness, solidarity, proactiveness, creativity, overcoming difficulties, and successfully accomplishing all assignments.
Regarding coming tasks, Gen. Giang called on the Academy to continue thoroughly grasping and effectively implementing the Party's guidelines and viewpoints on military and defense affairs, and Fatherland protection in the new situation.
He urged the school to proactively innovate and improve the quality of education and training, striving to become a smart and modern academy by 2030, and to rank among the country and the region's leading smart and modern institutions for education, scientific research, and military art by 2045.
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The Army Academy is honored with the First-Class Fatherland Protection Order. |
He also asked for the development of a contingent of instructors, education administrators, and scientific personnel with sufficient numbers, high professional competence, strong ethics, prestige, good pedagogical skills, and innovative thinking; acceleration of breakthroughs in science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation; building of a healthy, strong, and exemplary Party organization; and closer ties with Party committees, authorities, and people of Lam Dong province and other localities; effective mass mobilization, gratitude programs, poverty reduction, and the emulation movement “the Military Joins Hands in Building New-Style Rural Areas.”
At the ceremony, authorized by the State President, General Phan Van Giang presented the First-Class Fatherland Protection Order to the Army Academy.
Translated by Chung Anh