PANO – The Command and Party Committee of Military Zone 3 celebrated its 70th founding anniversary and received the First-class Military Exploit Order on October 28th.

Present at the ceremony were State President Truong Tan Sang; General Ngo Xuan Lich, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Xuan Hung, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army; and so forth.

President Truong Tan Sang pinning the order onto the zone's flag. Photo: VNA

Leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Army sent flowers of congratulation to the event.

On October 31st 1945, Bases 2 and 3 (the predecessors of Military Zone 3) were established. Since then, people and armed forces of Military Zone 3 have made remarkable contributions to the national resistance wars against foreign invaders and also the national construction and defence cause.

They were conferred with an array of medals and certificates, including the Golden Star Order, the Ho Chi Minh Order, the Independence Order and the “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” title, to name but a few.

Delivering a speech, President Truong Tan Sang highly valued their task performance and requested them to continue drawing from their traditions, seriously implementing the Party and State’s guidelines and policies on national defence strategy in the new context, enhancing their political stance and combat readiness to fulfill all assigned missions.

Besides, the zone’s armed forces should also work with local authorities to ensure social order, develop the socio-economy in combination with reinforcing national defence and security, and well carry out social welfare activities and search and rescue missions.

Translated by Van Hieu