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Sr. Lt. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet speaks at the event. |
The event was jointly hosted by the Ministry of National Defense, the Party Central Committee (PCC)’s Commission for Information and Education, and Ba Ria - Vung Tau provincial authorities.
The conference drew the attention of nearly 300 delegates who are leaders, scientists, experts, managers of agencies, units, and localities nationwide.
In his direction speech, Sr. Lt. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet, member of the Secretariat of the PCC, permanent member of Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Political Affairs, stressed that lessons drawn from the conference should be applied to reality. He highlighted the victory, saying that it contributed to accelerating the bankruptcy of the “Special warfare” strategy, forcing the U.S. and the Saigon government to switch to the “localized warfare” strategy. The success of the campaign was attributed to the creative application of the strategy of hitting key positions and destroying reinforcements, creating momentum and opportunities, and using appropriate forces to win key battles, leaving valuable experience for the following campaigns.
More than 70 presentations gave the general view of Binh Gia Victory, the development of Vietnamese revolutionary war, the stature of Binh Gia Victory and its lessons. Opinions recaptured the victorious campaign vividly. They all confirmed that the victory created an important turning point in the Vietnamese revolutionary war, creating a breakthrough for the Southern revolution towards the final victory. The historical values and lessons learned from Binh Gia Victory should be brought into play in the current national building and defense cause.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Le Huy Vinh (third from right) talks to delegates. |
Also at the conference, historical witnesses recalled heroic and touching stories during Binh Gia Victory, helping educate the tradition of revolutionary struggle, fostering patriotism and national pride for cadres, party members, troops and people of all walks of life.
Concluding the event, Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Le Huy Vinh, a member of the Presidium, emphasized that the conference deepened the historical values and lessons from Binh Gia Victory. He asked functional agencies to keep collecting, exploiting and providing documents and characters related to the victory to add to the research work, enriching the victory which held great historical significance. Agencies, units, academies, schools, particularly those in the military, were urged to apply research results to their education-training, practical training, and force building.
Translated by Mai Huong