Inauguration of the bas-relief "Uncle Ho talking with officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps"

Attending the inauguration ceremony were comrades: General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Cuong - Politburo member, Standing member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; comrades of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Ministers of National Defense: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong - Standing member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh; Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San. Also attending the ceremony were comrades: Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau - Party Central Committee member, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Senior Lieutenant General Phung Sy Tan - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; and leaders of agencies and units under the Ministry of National Defense, Command of Military Region 2.

Phu Tho province has comrades: Bui Minh Chau - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Bui Van Quang - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Phung Khanh Tai - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

The project of the relief of Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps started on June 15, 2023, sponsored by the Ministry of National Defense with a total investment of 50.49 billion VND. The project includes 3 main items: Dismantling the entire stone relief built in 2001, moving and assembling it at the yard of the Military Region 2 Museum; restoring and embellishing the newly cast relief made of copper alloy with an average thickness of 1.5cm; building a synchronous infrastructure system for the yard, garden, lighting, and green trees for the project to ensure aesthetics suitable for the area.

After more than 9 months of construction, the project items have been completed, ensuring the conditions for handover and putting the project into use.

On behalf of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, General Phan Van Giang acknowledged, highly appreciated and welcomed the sense of responsibility, proactiveness, positivity, dedication and thoughtfulness of Phu Tho province, Military Region 2, Hung Temple Historical Relic Site, members of the art council, contractors and relevant agencies and units in the process of implementing construction, completing and putting the project into use on the occasion of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival in the year of Giap Thin 2024. This is also a meaningful project towards major anniversaries such as the 49th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification; the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day.

General Phan Van Giang requested the Party Committee, government and people of Phu Tho province to effectively and practically manage, preserve and promote the value of the Bas-relief, contributing to educating patriotism, national pride and the revolutionary tradition of the Party, the ideology and great example of Uncle Ho, the spirit of great national unity and the glorious tradition of the Vietnam People's Army.

He expressed his belief that with the strengths and potentials, historical, cultural and revolutionary traditions of the homeland, the Party Committee, government, people and armed forces of Phu Tho province will continue to unite, join hands and build Phu Tho to become more and more civilized, modern and sustainably developed; preserve and promote the cultural values ​​of the homeland with two representative intangible cultural heritages of humanity; develop Viet Tri city into a festival city returning to the roots of the Vietnamese people; closely combine socio-economic development with ensuring national defense and security; make Phu Tho become the leading developed province in the Northern Midlands and Mountains, together with the people of the whole country to firmly build and protect the Fatherland in the new period.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Van Quang affirmed: The relief of Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps is an important highlight in the journey of sacred destinations of Hung Temple, creating synchronization with architectural works and space, the majestic and sacred landscape of the Relic Site, converging historical and cultural values ​​from the Hung King era to the Ho Chi Minh era; meeting the needs of organizing political and cultural activities and being a place for compatriots, soldiers nationwide, overseas Vietnamese to come to commemorate, show respect and gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh and our ancestors.

Phu Tho province will continue to do a good job of managing, preserving and promoting the Bas-relief project effectively, practically, worthy of being a cultural project with the meaning of educating patriotism; studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh; the steadfast and glorious revolutionary tradition of the Party and the Vietnam People's Army.

After the inauguration ceremony, General Phan Van Giang, General Luong Cuong, Provincial Party Secretary Bui Minh Chau and delegates offered flowers at the relief of Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps, and planted a memorial tree at Hung Temple. Before that, delegates offered incense to pay tribute to the Hung Kings at Kinh Thien Palace on Nghia Linh Mountain.