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(VOVworld)- The Central Military Committee of the Ministry of Defense organized a meeting with generations of officers, soldiers and armed forces heroes in Hanoi on Sunday to mark the 70^th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 25^th anniversary of All People’s National Defense Festival. Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and other former Party and State leaders attended the event.

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In his address, Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Party Central Committee's Military Commission and Minister of Defense General Phung Quang Thanh said the meeting was an occasion to pay gratitude to and honor Vietnamese generals, heroic mothers, armed forces heroes and senior military officers and soldiers for their great contributions to the development of the Vietnam People’s Army over the past 70 years. Minister Thanh said that the government decided to organize a state ceremony to mark the 70^th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army.