The Vietnam People’s Army was established on 22 December 1944. The Vietnam People’s Army is an army of working class nature, national identity and humanitarian trait, an army from the people and for the people. It fights for national independence and freedom, socialism people’s happiness.

Over the past 62 years since its inception, led by the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh, loved by the Vietnamese people, supported by the peoples and armies who love peace, independence and freedom, the Vietnam People’s Army has been displaying the tradition of patriotism, fighting valiantly and extensively, winning wars of aggression, accomplishing glorious feats or arms and bringing peace, independence and freedom to the homeland.

Nowadays, the Vietnam People’s Army plays the central role in strengthening the all-people national defense. Together with the entire Communist Party and Vietnamese nation, the Vietnam people’s Army struggles to maintain political stability, safeguard people’s peaceful life, make the people’s prosperous, the country powerful, the society equitable, democratic and civilized.

The Vietnam People’s Army is honored by the people’s as Hero Army, “Uncle Ho’s soldiers”. It has been awarded four Gold-Star Medals, the most honorable decoration in Vietnam. Thousand of army units and individual have become Hero of People’s Armed Forces and Hero of Labor and other noble medals. The Vietnam People’s Army shows, according to Ho Chi Minh words its “Loyalty to the Party, piety to the people, readiness to fight and die for homeland independence and freedom, for socialism, to accomplish any given mission, to overcome any obstacle, to defeat any enemy”.

Following the past achievements, Vietnam People’s Army continues to make itself revolutionary, regular, sophisticated and increasingly modern, participate actively in developing the national economy, maintain its key factor in fostering a mighty all-people national defense, contribute to building and defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, safeguarding peace, stability, development in the region and in the world.