Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defense General Nguyen Tan Cuong attended the event.
On this occasion, President Luong Cuong sent a letter of commendation to the school’s staff, lecturers, cadets, employees, and soldiers. Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet sent a congratulatory flower bouquet to the school.
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong speaks at the event. |
Throughout its 80-year building, education, training, combat, and development, Army Officer Training School No.1 has received close attention from the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense. The school had the honor of being visited by President Ho Chi Minh nine times, receiving multiple letters of encouragement and praise, and being awarded the flag bearing the motto "Loyal to the nation, pious to the people."
To date, the school has organized 92 courses, providing nearly 120,000 officers to the military. Additionally, it has trained thousands of military officers from countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, especially for Laos. The school has also sent hundreds of staff and instructors abroad as international experts and welcomed numerous military delegations from other countries for visits and knowledge exchange, contributing to realizing the Party and State’s foreign policy, and strengthening cooperation and friendship between the Vietnam People’s Army and armed forces worldwide.
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong hands over the order to the school. |
Speaking at the event, General Nguyen Tan Cuong acknowledged and praised the outstanding achievements of the schools over the past eight decades. Looking ahead, to meet the requirements of future missions, the defense leader urged the school’s Party Committee, Board of Administrators, staff, instructors, cadets, employees, and soldiers to continue thoroughly understanding and steadfastly implementing the Party’s guidelines, State’s policies and laws, and directives of the Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defense on military and defense mission, military building, and Fatherland protection in the new period.
He emphasized the need to build the school into a leading center for training command and staff officers and a prestigious, high-quality hub for military science and arts research and development.
General Cuong also stressed the importance of effectively implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s thought of "people before weapons," placing people at the center, as both the subject and the driving force of the education and training. The school must focus on building its contingent of competent cadres and staff.
Translated by Chung Anh