Who named the Vietnam People's Army? What is the meaning of the name Vietnam People's Army?
Who named the Vietnam People's Army?
From 1950, the National Army of Vietnam was renamed as the Vietnam People's Army.
The name "People's Army" was given by President Ho Chi Minh.
The name "People's Army" signifies "from the people, for the people, and in service of the people."
Before that, the Vietnam People's Army had different names, such as:
- The Vietnam Liberation Propaganda Army was the main force of the Viet Minh Front from December 1944 to May 1945. This military organization is recognized as the precursor of the Vietnam People's Army. The date of its establishment, December 22, 1944, was later chosen as the founding day of the Vietnam People's Army.
- The Vietnam Liberation Army was the name of the National Defense Forces of Vietnam from May to November 1945. It was established on May 15, 1945, in Dien Bien Thuong (Cho Chu, Thai Nguyen) based on the consolidation of the units of the Vietnam Liberation Propaganda Army, the National Salvation Army, and other revolutionary armed organizations nationwide, according to the resolution of the Northern Military Conference (April 1945) held in Hiep Hoa (Bac Giang).
- The National Defense Corps: The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was facing internal and external enemies right after its establishment. In the North, General Tưởng Giới Thạch's army was advancing to liberate the Japanese-held areas. In the South, the British colonialists paved the way for the French colonialists to return with the intention of turning Vietnam back into a colony. At this time, President Ho Chi Minh and our Party implemented a flexible strategy of "Being unchangeable, responding to a thousand changes" to maintain the young and independent nation.
- Under the pressure from General Chiang Kai-shek's army, our Party flexibly moved the Party into underground activities and declared the Party's self-dissolution. To meet the demands of General Chiang to disband the regular army, in November 1945, the Vietnam Liberation Army changed its name to the National Defense Corps (also known as the National Defense Army).
The National Army of Vietnam: On May 22, 1946, according to Decree 71/SL by President Ho Chi Minh, the National Defense Corps was renamed as the National Army of Vietnam, under the centralized command of the General Staff. At this time, our army was organized into unified units such as regiments, battalions, and companies... Along with the construction of the national army, our Government placed special emphasis on building the armed forces of the people, including the rural militia and the urban self-defense forces.
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What is the traditional day of the Vietnam People's Army?
Pursuant to Article 25 of the Law on National Defense 2018 :
People’s army
1. The people's army is the core of the people's armed forces in the performance of national defense tasks, including the permanent standing force and the reserve force. The permanent standing force of the People's Army shall comprise the regular troop and the local troop.
December 22 is the annual traditional day of the People's Army and the All-people National Defense’s Day.
2. The people’s army shall have assigned functions and duties to get ready to fight and fight for safeguarding of the Homeland; propagate and disseminate guidelines, advocacies of the Communist Party, policies and laws of the State; engage in labour and production work, and combine the national defence and socio-economic development activities, participate in the civil defence and join hands with the people in building the country; fulfill international obligations.
3. The people’s army shall assist the state in building the people's army to become revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually modern, and have rationally-structured permanent forces, and a powerful and mighty Militia and Self-defence Force; building several forces to directly advance to modernity.
4. Organizational structure, tasks, service regime and regimes and policies of the people's army shall comply with the provisions of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army, the Law on Military Professionals, National Defense Workers and Officers, and the Law on Military service and other relevant provisions of law.
According to the regulations above, December 22 is the annual traditional day of the People's Army.
What are the functional principles of use of the Vietnam people's armed force?
Pursuant to Article 24 of the Law on National Defense 2018:
Functional principles and cases of use of the people's armed force
1. The activities of the people's armed force must comply with the Constitution, laws and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party; shall be put under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the command of the State President and the unified management of the Government.
2. Cases in which the people's armed force is used shall be prescribed as follows:
a) In the state of war or the state of national defense emergency, the order of the State President and other relevant provisions of law shall be observed;
b) Upon exercising the martial law or curfew order, provisions of this Law and other relevant provisions of law shall prevail;
c) In the state of emergency due to disasters, dangerous epidemics or serious threats to national security and social order and safety, the provisions of laws on emergency state and other relevant provisions of law shall prevail;
d) Where there is a threat to national security or social order and safety which is not so serious that the state of emergency is promulgated, the provisions of laws on national security and other relevant provisions of law shall prevail;
dd) On participating in activities contributing to the protection of peace in the region and the world, the decisions of the National Defense and Security Council shall be obeyed;
e) In case of complicated situations of national security, social order and safety; fighting against crime; participation in the prevention, combat and mitigation of consequences of incidents, natural disasters, epidemics, the use of the armed force shall be regulated by the Government.
Thus, the activities of the people's armed force must:
- Comply with the Constitution, laws and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party;
- Be put under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the command of the State President and the unified management of the Government.
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