The event was co-held by the Ministry of National Defense and the Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee under the chair of Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Secretary of the Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee Le Quang Tung, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics Sr. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong, and Commander of Military Region 4 Lt. Gen. Nguyen Doan Anh.

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Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong speaks at the event.

In his opening remarks,  Gen  Cuong,  head of the steering committee for the event, said the Road 9 - Southern Laos victory in March 1971 marked the growth of the Vietnamese military in large-scale joint force combat, becoming a vivid manifestation of the special combat solidarity between the Vietnamese and Lao militaries and peoples.

The seminar aims to recall and clarify the historical context in the late 1970s; analyze the conspiracies and tricks of the U.S. and the Saigon puppet government in implementing the strategy of "Vietnamization of the war," measures of the U.S. and the Saigon puppet government in "Lam Son 719" campaign, and their response efforts to the counterattack of Road 9 – Southern Laos campaign by the Vietnam People’s Army. In addition, the event was held in order to affirm the strategic vision and sound policy of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Labor Party (now the Communist Party of Vietnam) in the campaign.

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Scene of the seminar

The event helped the entire Party, people and military to review the heroic fighting tradition of the nation, contributing to nurturing patriotism and the spirit of self-reliance among young Vietnamese today and subsequent generations.

Translated by Chung Anh