Meeting with generals who are children of Nghe An in Hanoi

On the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2019), on the morning of April 21, at the 36th General Company of the Ministry of National Defense, the Nghe An Association in Hanoi organized a meeting with heroic generals of the armed forces who are children of Nghe An people in Hanoi.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Manh Cam - former member of the Politburo, former Deputy Prime Minister; Le Doan Hop - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister of Information and Communications, Chairman of the Nghe An Association in Hanoi; Ta Quang Ngoc - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister of Fisheries; Chu Manh - former Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Ho Xuan Hung - former Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Hoang Xuan Luong - former Standing Deputy Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, former Deputy Minister, Deputy Chairman of the Ethnic Committee, along with generals, former soldiers, university students who are children of Nghe An studying and working in Hanoi.

Also attending the meeting was Major General Phung Ba Thuong (96 years old), former Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of the 14th Corps.

The meeting had the theme: Promoting revolutionary heroism in war into the aspiration to get rich in peace. This is an opportunity for generations of Nghe An children in particular, and people across the country in general, to understand more about the traditions of their ancestors in the resistance war, thereby arousing pride in the aspiration to get rich in the new era.

Generals attended the meeting.

During the nation’s long resistance wars, Nghe An people demonstrated their heroic spirit, contributing greatly to the army and people of the whole country in defeating the enemy. Amidst hardships and bullets, the spirit of Nghe An people was further tempered and shone, as shown through the list of Nghe An generals awarded by the State over the past decades, with a number of about 130 people.

Many famous generals such as General Phung Chi Kien (Dien Yen, Dien Chau), General Chu Huy Man (Hung Hoa, Vinh City), Senior Lieutenant General Tran Van Quang (Nghi Loc)...

The entire Central Highlands Front had 4 main regiments, all 4 regimental commanders were from Nghe An including: Phung Ba Thuong, Ho De, Hoang Nhien... Notably, Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Thuoc - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Commander of Military Region 4 was Chief of Staff of the Central Highlands Campaign in the Spring of 1975.

Delegates took a souvenir photo on the occasion of the meeting.

The great contributions of generals from Nghe An have added color to the historical, cultural and revolutionary traditions of the heroic Soviet homeland.