These activities were jointly held by the Military Youth Advisory Board, the Army Officer Candidate School 2, Military Hospital 175, and other agencies and units inside and outside the military.
During the program, medical staff of Military Hospital 175 provided free health check-ups and medicines for nearly 400 people.
Along with medical examination, the organizing panel presented gifts to policy beneficiaries and needy families. In addition, they visited, presented gifts, and extended Tet greetings to troops of Lo Go Border Station under the Tay Ninh provincial Border Guard Command, checkpoints along the province’s border.
According to Major General Do Hoang Ngan, Deputy Political Commissar of the Army Official Candidate School 2, these activities aimed to educate officers, soldiers and cadets on cultural traditions of Tet festival, contributing to effectively implementing social welfare policies to ensure a joyful Tet for local people and tightening the military-civilian solidarity.
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Policy families in Tan Bien district, Tay Ninh receive gifts. |
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Medical staff of Military Hospital 175 provide health check-ups for local people. |
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The organizers present gifts to needy people. |
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Leaders of the Army Officer Candidate School 2, the Military Youth Advisory Board and other units inquire after local people. |
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Medicines offered free to people |
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The organizing panel visits and extends Tet greetings to troops of Lo Go Border Station. |
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Presenting gifts to those on duty at a checkpoint in border area |
* On the occasion, the units offered incense to pay tribute to fallen soldiers at the memorial site of the Army Officer Candidate School 2 in Tan Bien district, Tay Ninh province
The memorial site, constructed in 2003 with a total area of around 10,000 square meters, is to commemorate fallen soldiers who made great contribution to the construction and development of the school.
The incense offering ceremony of the delegation showed their deep gratitude to former generations and their sentiments towards local authorities and people for protecting, caring, and helping officers, instructors, and cadets of the school.
The school’s personnel toured the memorial site and listened to stories about the struggle against the U.S. imperialists told by war veterans.
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Delegates offer incense to fallen soldiers. |
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War veterans tell cadets of the Army Officer Candidate School 2 about stories in wartime. |
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Major General Do Hoang Ngan talks with war veterans in Hoa Hiep commune. |
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Delegates in a joint photo. |
Translated by Quynh Oanh