Stamp set about General Vo Nguyen Giap to be released soon

As planned, the stamp set "General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911 - 2013)" including 1 stamp will be released on August 25, 2017. The special release ceremony of this stamp set will be held in Quang Binh.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong has just signed Decision No. 345 on adding the stamp set "General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911 - 2013)" to the 2017 postage stamp issuance program.

The stamp set will be issued on August 25, 2017, and will be available on the public postal network from August 25, 2017 to June 30, 2019.

The special release ceremony of the stamp set will be held on August 25, 2017 in Quang Binh, the hometown of General Vo Nguyen Giap.

According to the Chairman of the Viet Stamp Collecting Club, Hoang Anh Thi, this is great news for the community in general and stamp collectors in particular. The issuance of a set of postage stamps honoring General Vo Nguyen Giap is not only the wish of many stamp collectors but also the wish of the people of the whole country.

Previously, in December 2013, the Vietnam Historical Science Association officially requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to display the image of General Vo Nguyen Giap on the stamp set "Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory" issued in May 2014.

Image of General Vo Nguyen Giap on a stamp of the Republic of Guinea issued in 2007

However, the design options for the stamp set "Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (1954-2014)" have been basically completed and members of the National Advisory Council on Vietnam Postage Stamps have agreed that the stamp set focuses on depicting the image of the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument.

In July 2015, the Viet Stamp Collecting Club under the Ho Chi Minh City Stamp Association continued to petition the Ministry of Information and Communications to allow the issuance of a postage stamp set honoring General Vo Nguyen Giap.

However, up to now, Vietnam Post has not issued any postage stamps bearing the image of General Vo Nguyen Giap, while some other countries have stamps depicting the General. Specifically, the stamp of the Republic of Guinea Post issued in 2007, the stamp of Uruguay Post in 2003, and the stamp of the Central African Republic Post in 2015.

General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013) was one of the most outstanding military leaders in Vietnamese history and is also considered one of the outstanding generals in the world.

He was the first General, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People's Army. The General's name is associated with the birth of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, with the resounding victories of our army and people in the Ho Chi Minh era, most notably the Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954.

General Vo Nguyen Giap is also the Honorary President of the Vietnam Historical Science Association./.

According to Infonet