December 19, 2017 | 22:13 (GMT+7)
Workshop celebrates 45 years of "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the Air" victory
PANO - A scientific workshop was held in Hanoi on December 18 in celebration of the victory of "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the Air" campaign (December 1972).
The event saw the attendance of Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Phuong; Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, Commander of the Air Defense - Air Force Service; Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee and other generals and historical witnesses who had participated in the 12-day-and-night campaign.
Reports delivered at the workshop focused on the victory of the “Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the Air" campaign, its valuable experience in building up forces, implementing Party and political work as well as ensuring logistics work in wartime. Participants also proposed solutions to building the whole people’s defense posture, contributing to the national construction and protection in current context.
During the workshop, General Vinh also affirmed the significance and value of the “Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the Air" victory.
“The victory of the “Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the Air” campaign marked a glorious milestone which made contribution to promoting the revolutionary heroism of the Vietnamese armed forces and people”, said Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang.
Source: SGGP/PAN
Translated by Minh Anh