(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of May 7, the Liaison Committee of the Vietnam People's Navy Veterans Association in Nghe An - Ha Tinh region held a rally to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Navy.
At the ceremony, veterans and former soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy reviewed together the glorious history of 60 years of building and growing the Vietnamese Navy in general, and the passionate patriotism of Navy veterans in the Soviet homeland through the ages.
![Chương trình văn nghệ với những ngợi ca bài hát biển đảo quê hương đi cùng năm tháng]() |
| Cultural program with performances that go through the years praising the homeland's sea and islands. |
![Đông đảo cựu chiến binh, cựu quân nhân hải quân trên địa bàn hai tỉnh đã về với buổi lễ]() |
| Many veterans and former navy soldiers from the two provinces attended the ceremony. |
The commemorative speech affirmed the glorious milestones of the force: From the first sea transport ships that opened the strategic sea route named after President Ho Chi Minh; in 1963, the Vietnamese Navy had a force of patrol boats, torpedo boats, anti-submarine ships, transport ships, and reconnaissance ships; In the years 1965 - 1966, the troops of ships, bases, and stations fought back against enemy raids and attacks, causing damage to many enemy aircraft and warships; or the heroic feats during the years of resistance against the invading American Empire, the unnumbered ships were the force that provided people and weapons to the southern battlefield with nearly 5,700 tons of weapons and hundreds of reinforcements.
![Tưởng niệm các cán bộ, chiến sỹ đã hy sinh vì độc lập, tự do của tổ quốc]() |
| Commemorating the officers and soldiers who sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland. |
![Ông Nguyễn Hữu Đồng, quyền trưởng ban liên lạcHội Cựu chiến binh, Cựu quân nhân Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam khu vực Nghệ An - Hà Tĩnh đọc diễn văn tại buổi lễ]() |
| Mr. Nguyen Huu Dong, Head of the Liaison Committee of the Association of War Veterans and Former Soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy in Nghe An - Ha Tinh region, read a speech at the ceremony. |
The speech affirmed: The Navy is always an elite force, ready to fight to protect the sovereignty of the homeland's seas and islands, has been and will continue to make great contributions to the cause of building and developing the country and protecting the socialist Fatherland.
The ceremony is an opportunity for war veterans and former soldiers in Nghe An - Ha Tinh region to reunite, review the tradition of the Vietnam People's Navy soldiers, and be proud to be officers and soldiers who once wore the navy uniform with the tradition of "Fighting bravely - being clever and creative, mastering the sea, determined to fight and win". Thereby, to encourage veterans to continue to make contributions in life today.
![Đồng chí Lê Văn Cầm, Phó Ban Dân vận tỉnh ủy đánh giá cao những hoạt động của Hội Cựu chiến binh, Cựu quân nhân Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam khu vực Nghệ An - Hà Tĩnh trong thời gian qua]() |
| Comrade Le Van Cam - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission highly appreciated the activities of the Association of Veterans and Former Soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy in Nghe An - Ha Tinh region in recent times. |
![Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Phong Phú, Chủ tịch Hội Cựu chiến binh tỉnh Nghệ An bày tỏ mong muốn các cựu chiến binh, cựu quân nhân tiếp tục có những đóng góp quan trọng trong công cuộc xây dựng đất nước, quê hương.]() |
| Major General Nguyen Phong Phu, Chairman of the Veterans Association of Nghe An province, expressed his hope that veterans and former soldiers will continue to make important contributions to the construction of the country and homeland. |
![Đại diện tuổi trẻ Nghệ An hứa quyết tâm phát huy tốt truyền thống của cha anh.]() |
| Representatives of Nghe An youth promised to promote the tradition of their fathers. |
![Đại diện lãnh đạo Bộ Tư lệnh Hải quân trao kỷ niệm chương vì sự nghiệp bảo vệ chủ quyền biển đảo cho các cựu chiến binh, cựu quân nhân.]() |
| Representatives of the Navy Command presented the medal "For the cause of protecting sea and island sovereignty to veterans and former soldiers". |
![Hội hỗ trợ gia đình liệt sỹ đã trao sổ tiết kiệm cho gia đình thân nhân các liệt sỹ .]() |
| The Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs has given savings books to the families of martyrs. |
![Lễ mít tinh là một cuộc gặp gỡ ấm nghĩa tình đồng đội]() |
| Warm meeting of comrades |
Also at the ceremony, the representative of the Navy Command awarded the medal "For the cause of protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands, Truong Sa soldier medal" to 86 veterans. The Association for supporting families of martyrs presented 10 savings books and 15 gifts to the families of martyrs and wounded Navy soldiers who are in difficult circumstances in life./.
Thanh Son
