Presenting the "Victory Flag" to the Russian Museum
On the afternoon of August 28, in Moscow, a ceremony was held to present the "Victory Flag" version of the Vietnam People's Army to the Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces.
Ceremony of presenting the “Victory Flag” version to the Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces. (Photo: Que Anh/VNA)
Attending the ceremony were Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Xuan Son; Counselor and Head of the Vietnamese Defense Attaché Office in the Russian Federation, Colonel Vu Van Xim, along with defense attachés and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy. On the Russian side, there were Museum Director Alexander Nikonov; Chairman of the Presidium of the Association of Former Russian Military Experts who Worked in Vietnam Nikolai Kolesnik; Russian veterans and a large number of officers and staff of the Museum.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nikonov praised the heroic tradition of the Vietnam People's Army, recognized by the glorious "Determined to Win" Military Flag. He expressed his emotion at the attention and respect shown by Vietnam in general and the Vietnam People's Army in particular for the preservation of the Museum's artifacts, demonstrated through the ceremony of presenting the "Determined to Win" version of the "Determined to Win Military Flag."
Ambassador Pham Xuan Son thanked the people and army of the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today for their valuable assistance to Vietnam and hoped that the relationship between the two countries and the two armies would become deeper and stronger. Ambassador Pham Xuan Son and Mr. Nikonov signed the Minutes of Handover and Exchange of the "Determined to Win" version of the Military Flag.
On the occasion of the ceremony, Colonel Kolesnik emphasized the traditional solidarity and close ties between the people and armies of Vietnam and the Russian Federation. On this occasion, Mr. Kolesnik respectfully presented the Museum with the memoirs "That's the Vietnam War" by Russian experts who were present in Vietnam during our people's resistance war to save the country.
The "Determined to Win" Military Flag is a noble symbol of the Vietnam People's Army and a reward flag recognizing the glorious achievements of the Vietnam People's Army units throughout the journey of fighting to protect the Fatherland. The "Determined to Win" Military Flag was decided by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as a noble reward on December 25, 1954 and has since been awarded to many exemplary military units./.
According to VNA - LT
