[Photo] Special forces, aircraft, military dogs practice for the 2024 International Defense Exhibition

NDO - More than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army units, along with 85 military dogs and squadrons of Su-30MK2 fighter jets and Mi helicopters, practiced in preparation for the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 taking place in Hanoi .

NDO - More than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army, along with 85 military dogs and squadrons of Su-30MK2 fighter jets and Mi helicopters, practiced in preparation for the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 taking place in Hanoi.

On the morning of November 27, at Gia Lam Airport (Hanoi), Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Head of the Steering Committee for the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition chaired an inspection of the preparations for the exhibition. Also attending was Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Head of the Exhibition Organizing Committee.

Art performance at the rehearsal for the exhibition opening ceremony.

Special dance and singing performances imbued with Vietnamese cultural identity will be performed at the Opening Ceremony of the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024.

Performances at the rehearsal.

Impressive images of the Vietnam People's Army at the rehearsal ceremony.

Gun dance performance at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024.

The national flag and flags of participating countries flew at the ceremony.

The performances were carefully and meticulously prepared.

The Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 promises to have eye-catching performances.

Impressive performance by special forces.

85 border guard dogs participated in the performance at the exhibition opening ceremony.

Dog training of Border Guard Intermediate School 24 performed at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien also requested to adjust, repair, and add some content to the performances, festive decorations, and landscape around the exhibition stands...

At the end of the inspection and rehearsal, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan presented gifts to representatives of the forces participating in the performance at the opening ceremony of the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024.

On the same afternoon, a squadron of Su-30MK2 fighters and Mi helicopters practicing for the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 conducted practice flights in the sky of Hanoi.

Seven Su-30MK2 fighters flew in two formations over the exhibition area.

Training aircraft prepare for the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony could not be without the welcome flight performance of the Vietnam Air Force with 7 SU-30MK2 fighters and 7 helicopters of various types such as Mi8, Mi171 and Mi172 belonging to Division 371, Air Defense - Air Force.

The squadron consisted of 7 Su-30MK2s and 7 Mi helicopters.

7 Mi helicopters took off from Hoa Lac Airport (Hanoi), divided into two teams, 3 planes flying first and 4 planes flying next.

The Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 is scheduled to take place from December 19 to 22, 2024 at Gia Lam Airport (Hanoi). This is one of the activities in a series of events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024) and the 35th anniversary of National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024).

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