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"Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air" Victory – its stature and historical lessons for the cause of Fatherland construction and defence

“Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” Victory – its stature and historical lessons for the cause of Fatherland construction and defence

Sunday, December 18, 2022, 11:53 (GMT+7)
Although 50 years have elapsed, the spirit of the “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory remains a great epic of the Vietnamese people’s will, courage, and wisdom under the Party’s leadership. Lessons learnt from this victory will continue to be researched, applied, and developed in the cause of building and protecting the Socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

December 1972 Air Defence Campaign, a landmark of the Vietnamese people’s art of air defence warfare

December 1972 Air Defence Campaign, a landmark of the Vietnamese people’s art of air defence warfare

Monday, December 27, 2021, 10:05 (GMT+7)
In December 1972, under the leadership of the Party, the Northern military and people defeated the US Operation Linebacker II, making the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory, compelling the US to sign the Paris Peace Accords and withdraw its troops from Viet Nam. The victory was resulted from many factors, especially the Vietnam people’s art of air defence warfare in Ho Chi Minh era

Applying the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity from the August Revolution to building a strong and modern all-people national defence
More than 80 years after the victory of the August Revolution of 1945, the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity retains its full significance. In the new context, inheriting and creatively applying this historic lesson constitutes an objective requirement for building a strong and modern all-people national defence capable of meeting the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation.