At the Memorial House of President Ho Chi Minh, Gen. Giang and his entourage respectfully offered incense and expressed profound gratitude for the leader's immense contributions as a genius leader, national liberation hero, and beloved father of Vietnam’s people’s armed forces. They emphasized that the entire Party, military, and people resolutely follow the path chosen by the Party and Uncle Ho, continuously striving for self-improvement and upholding the leader’s thought, morality, and style. In addition, efforts to build a revolutionary, standardized, elite, and modernized Vietnam People’s Army that fulfills the mission of defending the socialist Vietnam will continue.
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General Phan Van Giang and his entourage offer flowers and incense in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his memorial house. |
Later on, the delegation offered incense at the historical site of Pu Don Hill in Phu Dinh commune. On May 28, 1948, on this hill, President Ho Chi Minh presided over the ceremony conferring the military rank of General upon Comrade Vo Nguyen Giap, Commander-in-Chief of the military and militia and self-defense forces. Entrusted by President Ho Chi Minh and the people, General Vo Nguyen Giap, together with other senior military officers, achieved historic victories with the globe-shaking Dien Bien Phu Victory ending the war and restoring peace in the Indochina as a highlight.
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General Giang and his entourage plant a commemorative tree at the memorial site dedicated to General Hoang Van Thai. |
The delegation also visited significant sites associated with the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Government, and the General Command during the resistance war against the French colonialists, including the residence and workplace of General Vo Nguyen Giap, the memorial site of General Hoang Van Thai who was the first Chief of the General Staff, the office compound of the General Command; and other commemorative structures.
In the afternoon the same day, Gen. Giang and the delegation from the Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defense attended a sports exchange between the GS’s officers and soldiers and local armed forces and residents, held at Dinh Hoa Commune Sports Hall.
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Gen. Giang encourages athletes of the sports exchange. |
Earlier that morning, GS Deputy Chief Sr. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan chaired the inauguration and handover ceremony of an over 500 sq.m multi-purpose room at Hoang Ngan Secondary School and six new classrooms at Diem Mac Kindergarten. On this occasion, the GS presented 240 gift sets to 80 policy beneficiary families, 80 disadvantaged households, and 80 underprivileged students in Dinh Hoa.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan (third from right) at the inauguration and handover ceremony of an over 500 sq.m multi-purpose room at Hoang Ngan Secondary School and six new classrooms at Diem Mac Kindergarten |
Also in the morning, a GS delegation led by its Deputy Chief Major General Nguyen Ba Luc offered incense in tribute to heroes and martyrs at Dinh Hoa War Cemetery.
Translated by Mai Huong