Contest launched to help people learn about General Vo Nguyen Giap

ABO/NDO – A contest on General Vo Nguyen Giap will be held from July 30 to August 25 for Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad on the occasion of the late General’s 110th birthday (August 25, 1911-2021).

The contest is being held jointly by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army.

It aims to educate the younger generation and people from all walks of life about the life, career, and great contributions made by General Vo Nguyen Giap to the country’s revolution.

ABO/NDO – A contest on General Vo Nguyen Giap will be held from July 30 to August 25 for Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad on the occasion of the late General’s 110th birthday (August 25, 1911-2021).

General Vo Nguyen Giap (birth name: Vo Giap, alias: Van) was born on August 25, 1911, in Loc Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, in the central province of Quang Binh.

He served as a Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Military Commission, Standing Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People’s Army and a National Assembly deputy from the first to seventh tenure.

As an eminent disciple of President Ho Chi Minh, the first General and Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People’s Army, he won the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people, international friends and the respect of generations of officers and soldiers nationwide.

(Source: NDO)