Pictures from the Exhibition. Photo by Organizing Committee
General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911 – October 4, 2013) was a close and excellent student of President Ho Chi Minh and the eldest brother of the Vietnam People’s Army. His military career began in 1944, with the establishment of the Vietnam Liberation Army Propaganda Team. From the first 34 local soldiers, that army, under the leadership of the Party, Leader Ho Chi Minh and Commander-in-Chief Vo Nguyen Giap spent years of “fighting in siege of the enemy; outstanding growth through each battle, each campaign and defeating the French colonialists with the Dien Bien Phu victory of “splendid in five continents, shaking the world”.
The exhibition includes 3 themes: “From the local people”; “The elder brother of the Vietnam People’s Army”; “Legacy owned by General Vo Nguyen Giap”, highlighting the imprint and important role of General Vo Nguyen Giap at Vietnam People’s Army Headquarters (House and Tunnel D67) from 1968 to 1975, contributing to the victories that changed the battlefield, to the final victory, liberating the South and reunifying the country.
With 200 documents and images, the online exhibition aims to pay tribute to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s great contributions to the cause of national liberation; contributed to portraying the portrait of a steadfast revolutionary soldier, an excellent and close student of President Ho Chi Minh and the eldest brother of the Vietnam People’s Army. The exhibition also wishes to highlight the imprint of General Vo Nguyen Giap at House D67, a revolutionary relic associated with the activities of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission during the anti-American resistance war.
The exhibition will be introduced online from August 22, 2021, at the website: trungbayonline.hoangthanhthanglong.vn.
Thuy Nga