Leaders of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense offer incense and commemorate the Hung Kings.

Also joining the incense offering delegation were General Luong Cuong - Politburo member, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Ministry of National Defense ; Deputy Ministers of National Defense , including: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San; leaders of Military Region II and key leaders of Phu Tho province.

1y9a0315(1).jpg — General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Minister of National Defense and delegates offered incense at Kinh Thien Palace, Hung Temple.

The place where the sacred souls of mountains and rivers converge, the symbol of the origin and spirit of solidarity of the Vietnamese people, at Kinh Thien Palace on Nghia Linh peak, in the solemn atmosphere of preparing for the Ancestor's Death Anniversary, the delegation respectfully offered flowers, gifts and incense to express gratitude to the Hung Kings, the ancestors who built the country.

Speaking at the Ancestral Temple, General Phan Van Giang prayed for the King to bless the country with prosperity, national peace and people's security, a hundred families and hundreds of generations of descendants, and a peaceful, prosperous and happy country. The leaders of the Ministry of National Defense also expressed their determination to join the Politburo, the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to successfully carry out the socio-economic development task in 2024, maintain national defense and security, national sovereignty, political stability and people's prosperity and happiness, and especially the Ministry of National Defense and the entire army to successfully complete the task of protecting the Fatherland.

On this occasion, General Phan Van Giang and the delegation attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the construction of the relief "Uncle Ho talking to officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps" in the area of Nga Nam - Den Gieng (Co Tich village, Hy Cuong commune, Viet Tri city). This is a project donated by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense with a value of 50 billion VND.

unnamed(1).png — The delegation of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the construction of the relief "Uncle Ho talking with officers and soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps".

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, General Phan Van Giang said: "Uncle Ho's advice is like an order echoing from Hung Temple to the entire army and people, becoming a spiritual strength, a reason for living, a sacred responsibility of every Vietnamese person and lasting forever with the nation in the struggle for independence, peaceful unification, protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, building, protecting and developing the country today and tomorrow".

The pure red copper relief is considered the largest in Vietnam, 28m long, 9.9m high, weighing 36 tons, with an inscription reproducing Uncle Ho's famous advice in 1954 to the army before taking over the capital: "The Hung Kings had the merit of building the country, Uncle and I must work together to protect the country."

The project was put into use on the occasion of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival in the year of Giap Thin, towards the 49th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory, and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army.

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