On the morning of April 3, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Armed Forces (April 5, 1945 - April 5, 2025) and receive the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal.

Attending the ceremony were Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Nguyen Hong Thai, Commander of Military Region 1; Comrade Nguyen Anh Tuan, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation.

Also attending were comrades: Vuong Quoc Tuan, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, former key leaders of the province through the periods, comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; Leaders of departments, branches, sectors, and mass organizations of the province; Leaders of districts, towns, and cities in the province; Delegates of Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Generals of the Army of Bac Ninh homeland; and many generations of cadres and soldiers who have worked and are working in the provincial armed forces.

Overview of the Celebration

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of the province, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan read a commemorative speech, emphasizing: On April 5, 1945, the Party Executive Committee of Bac Ninh province established two armed propaganda volunteer teams, marking the birth of the provincial armed forces.

Delegates attending the Celebration Ceremony

Over 80 years of construction, fighting and growing, under the leadership of the Party, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the Party Committee, the Military Region 1 Command and the regular and direct leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee; Along with the close and effective coordination of all levels and sectors, the love, care and support of the people, the Bac Ninh Armed Forces have continuously grown, matured, fought and won.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan spoke at the Anniversary Ceremony

Particularly clearly demonstrating the mettle of the revolutionary army, born from the people, fighting for the people; Promoting the patriotic and revolutionary traditions of the heroic homeland; Always being absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the people; Actively contributing to the cause of national liberation, building, defending the Fatherland and innovating the homeland and the country.

The Provincial Military Command was awarded the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal by the President.

On this occasion, the Provincial Military Command was awarded the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal by the President for its outstanding achievements in training, combat service, building the People's Army, consolidating national defense, contributing to building socialism and protecting the Fatherland.

Duc Minh, Thien Thanh