Organization of the ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the People's Defense Day
Organization of the ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the People's Defense Day
In Decision 307/QD-TTg, 2023, it is clearly stated the organization of the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th Anniversary of the All People's Defense Day as follows:
Organizing Entity:
Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly, the President, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Military Commission - Ministry of National Defense.
Commemoration Scale: National level,
Time, Location:
- Time: 09:00 AM on December 20, 2024 (Friday).
- Location: National Convention Center Hall.
- Live broadcast on VTV1/Vietnam Television and VOV1/Voice of Vietnam.
Program Content
- Memorial ceremony for President Ho Chi Minh and martyr heroes: Delegation of leadership, former leadership of the Communist Party, the State, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; leadership of the Central Military Commission - Ministry of National Defense; representatives of certain central departments, ministries, and agencies, central mass organizations and Hanoi City at the Mausoleum to pay respects to President Ho Chi Minh, and offer incense at the Memorial for martyr heroes.
- Commemoration program (with specific program), inviting one comrade to represent the leadership of the Communist Party and the State to deliver a speech.
Participants of the Commemoration:
Approximately 2,500 delegates, including:
- Comrades of the leadership, former leadership of the Communist Party, the State, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front: General Secretary, former General Secretary; President, former Presidents; Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam, former Prime Ministers of the Government of Vietnam;
- Chairperson of the National Assembly, former Chairpersons of the National Assembly; Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, former Chairpersons of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Secretariat Standing Member, former Standing members; Politburo members, former Politburo members;
- Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, former Secretaries of the Central Committee; Vice Presidents, former Vice Presidents; Deputy Prime Ministers, former Deputy Prime Ministers; Deputy Chairpersons of the National Assembly, former Deputy Chairpersons of the National Assembly.
- Delegates of Revolutionary Veterans, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Labor Heroes (in Hanoi).
- Delegates of leadership from diverse departments, ministries, and central agencies, central political-social organizations; leadership of provinces and centrally-administered cities; representatives of certain agencies under the Ministry of Public Security.
- Delegates from the Ministry of National Defense, the Organizing Committee of the commemorative activities, the Standing Office assisting the Organizing Committee summoned by the Ministry of National Defense.
- Leadership delegates from the Ministry of National Defense, diplomatic corps from neighboring countries, ASEAN countries, and countries with friendly relations; Defense Attachés, Military Attachés, Attachés from different military branches residing in Hanoi; neighboring countries, ASEAN countries.
- Delegates from Nguyên Bình District, Cao Bang Province; delegates from Tam Kim Commune and Hoa Tham Commune, Nguyên Bình District.
- Representatives of the family of General Vo Nguyen Giap, families of the soldiers of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army Team (in Hanoi).
- Delegates from 15 groups: 01 group of Vietnamese veterans; 01 group of militias and self-defense forces; 01 group of police officers; 01 group representing different segments of the Hanoi population; 01 group of students and youths from Hanoi; 10 groups of officers and soldiers from different military branches, corps, academies, and military schools.
Organization of the ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the People's Defense Day (Image from the internet)
What activities are organized within the scheme to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th Anniversary of the All People's Defense Day?
On March 28, 2023, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam signed Decision 307/QD-TTg, 2023 approving the scheme for organizing activities to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th Anniversary of the All People's Defense Day.
In Decision 307/QD-TTg, 2023, it clearly states several activities that will be organized to commemorate these anniversaries as follows:
(1) Propaganda, education, emulation, and commendation activities
(2) Cultural, literary, artistic, and sports activities
(3) Military and national defense activities
(4) Exhibition, display, and fair activities
(5) Seminar, discussion, meeting, and exchange activities
(6) Policy, social mobilization, gratitude-repaying activities
(7) Defense foreign relations activities
(8) Activities participating in labor production, economic and social development in connection with consolidating defense and security
Financial implementation for the scheme to organize activities commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th Anniversary of the All People's Defense Day?
In Decision 307/QD-TTg, 2023, it clear outlines the financial implementation for organizing the activities commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th Anniversary of the All People's Defense Day as follows:
- Ministries, central agencies, and localities review activities that can be integrated with regular tasks, proactively arrange within the annually allocated state budget estimates, and mobilize other lawful financial sources to implement the scheme on the principles of thrift, practicality, and efficiency.
- For activities exclusively for the commemoration, based on the assigned tasks in the scheme, the Ministry of National Defense, ministries, central agencies, and localities shall make detailed budget estimates according to policies and norms; submit to the Ministry of National Defense for overall consolidation and the Ministry of Finance for comments before submission to the competent authorities for consideration and decision.
- For new arising tasks, ministries, central agencies, and local authorities responsible shall prepare budget estimates to be submitted to the financial authorities (for regular expenditure tasks), investment authorities (for investment expenditure tasks) as prescribed; financial and investment authorities shall consolidate and submit to the competent authorities for allocation of regular funds and investment capital for the ministries and central agencies according to decentralization.
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