Party, State, military leaders visit Vietnam Military History Museum

Among the leaders were Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and Mass Mobilization Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen, former Defense Ministers General Pham Van Tra and General Ngo Xuan Lich.

Party, State and military leaders and other delegates tour the museum.

The leaders toured the museum which is among the leading museums of the country and the place preserving the cultural and historical values of the military. Each exhibit, each photo, each document kept at the museum serves as a vivid evidence of the indomitable will and aspiration for independence, freedom and peace of the Vietnamese people.

Generals Pham Van Tra, Ngo Xuan Lich and Trinh Van Quyet and other delegates during the visit

Since its inception, the museum has constantly developed, becoming a “red address” for troops and people, especially the young generation, to learn about the patriotic and revolutionary traditions of the nation.

While in the museum, the leaders watched the film “Red Rain” produced by the People’s Army Cinema under the direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and the GDP.

Delegates watch the film “Red Rain.”

The film features a heroic period of history with the fierce fighting in Quang Tri battlefield in 1972. On that theater, blood of tens of thousands of soldiers mingled with the Thach Han River, creating an immortal epic in the history of the nation. The film not only recreates the brutal realities of war, but above all, honors the everlasting values of patriotism and noble sacrifices for the nation’s independence and freedom. It delivers a vivid lesson and a sacred message to today’s generation that today’s independence and freedom were gained through blood, faith and aspirations of the entire nation.

Translated by Mai Huong