Exhibition on Vietnam People's Armed Forces

The Vietnam Military History Museum and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities jointly organized a thematic exhibition “Some images and artifacts of the Vietnam People’s Armed Forces in the war of national liberation and defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”. The exhibition took place from November 11 to November 16, 2008 at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

There are more than 200 typical images, documents and artifacts displayed according to 5 main contents:

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- The Party's and Uncle Ho's policies and guidelines on building the people's armed forces;

- Some images and artifacts of militia and guerrillas in the war of national liberation;

- Some pictures of the Capital's armed forces;

- Vietnam People's Army in strategic battles;

- Some images and artifacts of today's armed forces.

There are many valuable artifacts on display in this exhibition such as: garrison shirts during the resistance war against the French; hats and clothes of American pilots that our army captured during the 12-day and night campaign against the US's destructive war in the North in December 1972; the handwritten declaration of unconditional surrender by the President of the Saigon government, Duong Van Minh, on the afternoon of April 30, 1975... In addition, there are many artifacts that are weapons that our people in different localities used during the resistance stages such as: spikes of the Central Highlands guerrillas, spike tables of the Hung Yen guerrillas, machetes of the Ha Nam self-defense force, crossbows of the Son La guerrillas during the war against the French; spears, bamboo sticks, machetes of the people of the South fighting the Americans; homemade guns that our army used in combat...

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The exhibits on display demonstrate the creativity, great courage and determination of the Vietnamese people in fighting against enemies with much greater military power and economic support. It also clearly demonstrates the power of justice, the power of reason and the people's war strategy that our Party successfully applied throughout the two resistance wars.

At the exhibition, visitors can also watch historical documentaries about the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954, the 12-day and night Dien Bien Phu air battle in 1972 and the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign that led to the victory of the Vietnamese revolution in 1975.

The exhibition is a meaningful activity to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2008), the 62nd anniversary of National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946 - December 19, 2008) and the 19th anniversary of National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2008).