A series of activities were held by the Vietnamese Embassies in Asianand European countries over the last few days to celebrate the 70thfounding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22,1944-2014).
During a December 22 ceremony attended by Lao VicePresident Bounnhang Volachit and Deputy Prime Ministers SomsavadLengsavad and Phankham Viphavanh, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Manh Hungreviewed the formation, development, and resounding victories of theVietnam People’s Army (VPA), such as the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in 1954that ended the French colonial rule in Indochina, the “Dien Bien Phu onair” Campaign in 1972 that defeated the US airstrike in Hanoi, and theHo Chi Minh Campaign in 1975 that liberated southern Vietnam andreunified the country.
Nowadays, the VPA is further developed soas to firmly safeguard national independence, sovereignty andterritorial integrity, while actively and proactively integrating intothe international community and increasing cooperation with armiesaround the world, especially with the Lao People’s Army, he said.
Ata similar ceremony the same day held by the Vietnamese Embassy and theVietnamese Attaché’s Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodian Deputy PrimeMinister and Defence Minister Tea Banh said under the sagaciousleadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the VPA has continuouslydeveloped and fulfilled the international mission of helping his countryabolish the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime in January 1979.
TheCambodian and Vietnamese armies have been standing side by sidethroughout history and will expand their mutual support in the future,he added.
On this occasion, the Royal Cambodian Army organised aphoto exhibition on the solidarity and cooperation between the twoarmies.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials and war veterans highlyvalued the heroic tradition of the VPA while attending a December 22ceremony marking its 70th founding anniversary hosted by theVietnamese Embassy in Kiev.
They voiced their wish for strengthened friendship and multifaceted cooperation, including in defence, between the two nations.
OnDecember 21, the Vietnamese community in Germany also marked the VPA’sfoundation with a number of activities across the European country.-VNA
During a December 22 ceremony attended by Lao VicePresident Bounnhang Volachit and Deputy Prime Ministers SomsavadLengsavad and Phankham Viphavanh, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Manh Hungreviewed the formation, development, and resounding victories of theVietnam People’s Army (VPA), such as the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in 1954that ended the French colonial rule in Indochina, the “Dien Bien Phu onair” Campaign in 1972 that defeated the US airstrike in Hanoi, and theHo Chi Minh Campaign in 1975 that liberated southern Vietnam andreunified the country.
Nowadays, the VPA is further developed soas to firmly safeguard national independence, sovereignty andterritorial integrity, while actively and proactively integrating intothe international community and increasing cooperation with armiesaround the world, especially with the Lao People’s Army, he said.
Ata similar ceremony the same day held by the Vietnamese Embassy and theVietnamese Attaché’s Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodian Deputy PrimeMinister and Defence Minister Tea Banh said under the sagaciousleadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the VPA has continuouslydeveloped and fulfilled the international mission of helping his countryabolish the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime in January 1979.
TheCambodian and Vietnamese armies have been standing side by sidethroughout history and will expand their mutual support in the future,he added.
On this occasion, the Royal Cambodian Army organised aphoto exhibition on the solidarity and cooperation between the twoarmies.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials and war veterans highlyvalued the heroic tradition of the VPA while attending a December 22ceremony marking its 70th founding anniversary hosted by theVietnamese Embassy in Kiev.
They voiced their wish for strengthened friendship and multifaceted cooperation, including in defence, between the two nations.
OnDecember 21, the Vietnamese community in Germany also marked the VPA’sfoundation with a number of activities across the European country.-VNA
