The event also celebrated the GDP’s receipt of the First-Class Independence Order.
Prominent among the delegates were Politburo members: President Luong Cuong, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairman of the Committee’s Inspection Commission Tran Cam Tu, member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien, and Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense General Phan Van Giang.
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Party General Secretary and Secretary of the Central Military Commission To Lam reviews the Guards-of-Honor of the Vietnam People's Army. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent a bouquet to the event.
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Leaders of the Ministry of National Defense welcome the Party chief. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
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Party General Secretary To Lam, Defense Ministry leaders and other delegates in a group photo. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
The event drew leaders and former leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, the GDP, revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People’s Armed Forces, and representatives of localities.
Sr. Lt. Gen. Thongloi Silivong, member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP)’s Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, and Chairman of the Lao People’s Army (LPA)’s GDP, as well as representatives from military attaché offices of countries in Vietnam also attended the celebration.
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GDP Director Sr. Lt. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet speaks at the event. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Opening the event, Sr. Lt. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission and Director of the VPA’s GDP, reviewed major milestones in the growth process of the general department since it was established on December 22, 1944 under the direction of President Ho Chi Minh.
He highlighted the importance of political work within the military and the role of the general department in designing and perfecting the Party's leadership mechanisms over the military, and ensuring the Party’s absolute and direct leadership in all aspects.
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General Secretary To Lam hands over the First-Class Independence Order to the General Department of Political Affairs. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Quyet also hailed the exemplary qualities of generations of military officers in general and those in charge of political affairs within the VPA, who have been instrumental in fostering the general department’s proud legacy of loyalty, dedication, creation, solidarity, and professionalism.
The officer held that the 80th anniversary is another important milestone, encouraging the general department to further strengthen determination, together with the whole Party, military and people, to enter a new era – the era of the nation’s rise.
Prior to the celebration, representatives of the department paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.
Source: VNA