Press conference to introduce the Scientific Workshop on 50 years of the Plain of Jars-Xieng Khouang Defense Campaign

Co-chairing the press conference were: Colonel Tran Ngoc Anh - Deputy Director of the Department of Propaganda and Training (General Department of Politics); Colonel, Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Hong Anh - Deputy Director of the Institute of Military History; Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee.

Speaking at the press conference, Colonel, Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Hong Anh said that the workshop aimed to analyze and clarify the following contents: The guidelines, leadership and direction of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee in preparation for the 1972 strategic offensive on the Vietnam battlefield and in coordination with Laos and Cambodia; the leadership role of the Central Military Commission in protecting and maintaining strategic areas, the flexible and creative application of the Campaign Command.Plain of Jars Xieng Khouang.

Press conference scene.

The unique features of Vietnam's military art in preparing and practicing combat operations, the spirit of proactively allying with the Lao Revolutionary Armed Forces, deploying and organizing the Plain of Jars Xieng Khouang Defense Campaign on the battlefield of the neighboring country; the relationship of coordination in combat, combat service and security between the forces; the special solidarity against the common enemy of the people of Vietnam and Laos...

Colonel Tran Ngoc Anh - Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department (General Department of Politics) spoke at the press conference.

To date, the Organizing Committee of the conference has received nearly 90 reports and speeches from leaders of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff, the General Department of Politics, generals and officers; historical witnesses, scientists inside and outside the military and some officials from Laos. According to the Organizing Committee, the speeches were carefully prepared with high scientific content.

The workshop affirmed and clarified the correct leadership, direction, and wise strategic vision of the Politburo, the Central Military Commission, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party; the flexible and creative application of the Plain of Jars Front Command, the Region IV Party Committee, and the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, along with the resilient and courageous fighting spirit of the army and people of Vietnam and Laos.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee informed about the preparation work of the workshop.

Thereby, drawing lessons from experience, developing the theory of Vietnamese military art to apply to the cause of building the army; strengthening national defense, building and protecting the Fatherland, contributing to improving the effectiveness of traditional education, training and combat training in academies, schools, agencies and units of the entire army; arousing and fostering the patriotic spirit of the army and people of the whole country.

Up to this point, the Institute of Military History - the Standing Office of the Workshop Steering Committee has closely coordinated with agencies, units, and localities to prepare well in all aspects, ready to organize the workshop in Vinh City, Nghe An Province on May 20, 2022.

On the sidelines of the conference, delegates offered incense and commemorated heroic martyrs at the Vietnam-Laos Martyrs Cemetery; offered incense and commemorated President Ho Chi Minh and visited and presented gifts to a number of policy families in Nghe An province.