The working delegation visited and inspected 7 locations managed by 7 Divisions, Brigades, Academies, and Schools under the Air Defense - Air Force Service stationed in Hanoi City and neighboring areas.

On the afternoon of August 29, when there was still nearly a day left until the rehearsal, the atmosphere on the central streets was extremely crowded and bustling with hundreds of thousands of people carrying flags and flowers gathering in large numbers on the streets. At house number 85 Nguyen Thai Hoc street, the location of the distribution point for free items and necessities for the people such as: National flags, hand-held Party flags; purified water and bottled drinks; dry food; paper fans; disposable raincoats... organized by Division 361 in coordination with the Women's Union, Ly Thuong Kiet Primary School (Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam Ward), Nguyen Viet Xuan Primary School (Yen Hoa Ward), To Vinh Dien Primary School (O Cho Dua Ward) attracted many people to receive gifts and exchange cultural activities with officers, professional soldiers of Division 361 and teachers who are performing their duties here.

Air Defense - Air Force troops "support" the people during the parade rehearsal.

While handing out bottles of water and packages of dry food to the people, Colonel Nguyen Viet Thong, Deputy Chief of Political Affairs of Division 361, happily chatted with us. Colonel Nguyen Viet Thong said: Having received the plan from the Political Department of the Army Corps and the Division on coordinating with the Women's Union of wards in Hanoi City and other units in the activity of supporting the people on the occasion of the Great National Day of September 2, the Division quickly deployed personnel selection, dissemination, and assignment of tasks to the participants.

The Division secured most of the necessities and also received the goods donated by units and businesses. All the necessities were then gathered at the location and began to be distributed free of charge to the people from the afternoon of August 29 and the morning of August 30. “The 57 officers, soldiers and staff in the Division’s working group are all proud to have contributed their efforts to the journey of accompanying and supporting the people on these special days,” affirmed Colonel Nguyen Viet Thong.

Sharing the same atmosphere, from 4am on August 30, at the Air Defense - Air Force Academy's supply points on Lieu Giai Street, the street attracted tens of thousands of people to gather to cheer on the marching and marching forces, the atmosphere was extremely bustling. Captain Do Quyet Thang, Captain of Company 7 (Air Defense - Air Force Academy) and his teammates were busy distributing drinking water and paper fans to the people.

Captain Do Quyet Thang expressed his honor and pride to be directly involved in the task of accompanying and supporting the people during these important historical days of the country. “When handing out bottles of water and cakes to the people and hearing the words of sharing expressing the love of the people for the armed forces, especially the Air Defense - Air Force, everyone was moved. We were motivated to complete the assigned tasks well during this working trip, as well as determined to excellently complete all assigned tasks in the coming time,” Captain Do Quyet Thang affirmed.

In addition to the service points of Division 361 and the Air Defense-Air Force Academy, there are also many points providing free necessities to the people by Division 371, Air Force Brigade 918, Information Brigade 26, Engineering Brigade 28, Air Defense-Air Force Technical College... Everywhere, the officers, soldiers and employees wearing green uniforms work wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly, accompanying the people on the occasion of the Great Festival.

Units in the Army organized to distribute thousands of barrels of water, thousands of essential goods, hundreds of meals to the people for free... After completing the mission, at noon on August 30, the working groups organized to clean up the materials, clean the streets where the distribution points were deployed and marched back to the units, ensuring absolute safety.

Colonel Nguyen Van Cong, Head of the Civil Affairs Department, Political Department of the Air Defense - Air Force Service, said: The distribution of necessities to the people during the parade rehearsal has promptly encouraged and motivated the participating forces and the people to cheer and encourage the parade forces. From there, fostering the spirit of national pride and strengthening the solidarity between the army and the people, affirming the strength of the great national solidarity bloc; at the same time contributing to maintaining and promoting the qualities and noble traditions of Uncle Ho's soldiers, "Excellent Air Defense - Air Force soldiers" in the new era.

Article and photos: BICH PHUONG

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