Thousands of young people nationwide are leaving home to join the army for their military service in late February.

Young people
nationwide join army. (Photo: NDO/Ngoc Long)
A ceremony to see off the newly-recruited
soldiers in Hanoi’s Dan Phuong district on February 20 was attended by General
Luong Cuong, Chairman of the General Political Department of the Vietnam
People’s Army (VPA); Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of Hanoi city People’s
Committee and Chairman of the city’s military service council; and Major
General Nguyen Hong Thai, Commander of the Hanoi Capital Command, among other
guests.
On behalf of the new
soldiers, Vuong Chuong Dinh from Dan Phuong’s Phuong Dinh commune said he felt
proud to follow the path of older generations.
Hugging his mother at
the ceremony, Tran Van Quang said he is resolved to be a good soldier, adding
that he wants to improve his knowledge so that he can contribute to local
development after completing his military service.
At similar ceremonies
in other districts of Hanoi, newly conscripted soldiers said they are eager to
fulfil their duty as citizens to the motherland.
Deputy Chief of the
General Staff of the VPA Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong attended a
ceremony in the northern province of Ha Nam.
In the north central
province of Thanh Hoa, all 27 districts, towns and cities also held send-off
ceremonies for new soldiers on February 20.
The same day, the northern
province of Quang Ninh also completed the hand-over of all newly-conscripted
soldiers to the army.
Source: NDO
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