Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the exhibition, December 20, 2024.

With more than 200 photos, documents, and artifacts, the exhibition highlights  President Ho Chi Minh’s guidance of the army, and “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” during 80 years of building, fighting, and maturing.

Vu Manh Ha, Director of the Ho Chi Minh Museum, said that under this theme, the organizing committee wishes to introduce to the public the formation and development of the Vietnam People's Army, and help them understand the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers.

The exhibition promotes patriotism, and the humanistic tradition of the army, especially to the young generation, he said. “We hope it will motivate people to continue their solidarity and contribution in the new era of development – the era of rise for Vietnam.”

The exhibition runs from December 20, 2024 to January 31, 2025.

80 years ago, on December 22, 1944, the Vietnam Propaganda Unit of Liberation Army, the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army, was founded in a forest in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang following a direction of President Ho Chi Minh. A group of just 34 soldiers and cadres with primitive weapons trained, fought, and won many glorious victories to become the powerful Vietnam People's Army.