General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense sent a letter of commendation to the military of Ha Tinh province.

The ceremony was attended by Major General Doan Xuan Buong, Party Secretary, Political Commissar of Military Region 4; Major General Vo Tien Nghi, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard; Comrade Nguyen Duy Lam, Provincial Party Secretary, Secretary of the Military Party Committee of Ha Tinh Province. Also attending were leaders and former leaders of Military Region 4, Ha Tinh Province; representatives of the Military Command of Bolikhamxay Province (Laos); agencies and units stationed in the area; Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces; war invalids, sick soldiers, veterans, families of martyrs, people with meritorious services to the revolution; generals, officers, cadres and soldiers of the provincial armed forces.

Delegates at the celebration.

Authorized by the President, Major General Doan Xuan Buong, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Military Region 4, awarded the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal to the Armed Forces of Ha Tinh province.  

On August 18, 1945, the National Salvation Army in Ha Tinh was established on the basis of self-defense teams and guerrilla groups in villages and communes. These were the first troops that laid the foundation for the later establishment of the Ha Tinh Armed Forces. And August 18 every year became the traditional day of the Ha Tinh Armed Forces.

Over 80 years of construction, fighting and growth, the Ha Tinh Provincial Armed Forces have made many contributions to the resistance wars for national liberation and to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. The Ha Tinh Provincial Armed Forces were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the Party and State (in 1978); were awarded the First Class Fatherland Protection Medal, Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal, Third Class Fatherland Protection Medal, Third Class Feat of Arms Medal; many collectives and individuals were awarded and posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces; tens of thousands of cadres, soldiers and many collectives were awarded medals of various types and noble awards from Laos.

At the ceremony, the Military of Ha Tinh province was honored to receive the Second Class Fatherland Protection Medal for the second time.

Delivering a speech at the ceremony, comrade Nguyen Duy Lam, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Military Party Committee of Ha Tinh province, reviewed the tradition of the Ha Tinh provincial armed forces and affirmed that the achievements of the provincial armed forces over the past 80 years, especially in recent years, have made important and worthy contributions to the achievements of local economic, cultural and social development, contributing to making Ha Tinh a province with a growth rate and economic scale among the fairly good in the country.

Comrade Nguyen Duy Lam, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Military Party Committee of Ha Tinh province, delivered a speech at the ceremony.

Major General Doan Xuan Buong, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of Military Region 4, spoke at the ceremony.

To promote the glorious tradition, continue to build a strong provincial military force, excellently complete all assigned tasks, meet the requirements of the task of building and defending the Fatherland in the new situation, speaking at the ceremony, Major General Doan Xuan Buong, Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of Military Region 4 requested that the Party Committee, commanders and officers and soldiers of the Ha Tinh provincial military force continue to thoroughly grasp the Party's policies and viewpoints on military and national defense; focus on educating and building officers and soldiers of the provincial military force to have a firm political stance, ready to receive and complete well all assigned tasks. The provincial military force proactively studies and effectively implements solutions to adjust the organization and staffing, build a "lean, compact, strong" local military agency with comprehensive quality and high combat strength. The provincial Military Party Committee focuses on synchronously leading solutions to build a strong political, ideological, ethical, organizational and cadre force; Improve the leadership capacity, fighting strength of Party committees, Party organizations and the quality of Party members; build a clean and strong Party organization, a comprehensively strong unit that is "exemplary and typical".

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