VNA biography

For 80 years, under the direct and absolute leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam of the CPV in all aspects, in addition to the implementation of national tasks, the VNA Folk Army, VNA participated in the implementation of international missions, assisted in the revolutionary processes of countries such as China, Laos, Cambodia and Cuba, and is currently actively and effectively participating in the peacekeeping activities of the United Nations.

UN. During this process, VNA left its deep imprint and good impressions in the hearts of the peoples of other countries and friends around the world. Along with the noble title “Uncle's Soldiers”, which the Vietnamese people call the Vietnamese People’s Army, there is another noble title - the “Buddhist Army”, which the Cambodian people respect our army. In world military history, as in the history of international diplomatic relations, it rarely happens that the people of one country honest the army of another country, which helps to enrich the heroic and glorious traditions of our army.

After the liberation of Cambodia on April 17, under the slogan of the “complete and radical socialist revolution”, the government Paul Sari pursued an extremely reactionary domestic and foreign policy. As for the internal affairs, the leaders of the democratic campaign sought to build a “unique communist Society of the Cambodian type” and the “utopian agricultural society” for the following purposes: the elimination of urban territories, the elimination of classes and the transformation of the entire population into farmers; rupture of all emotional connections with the family, homeland and cultural roots; Management of people in military-administrative organizations called "cooperatives" and "communes"; Through the above “revolution”, the destruction of part of the population in order to easily rule the rest.

In fact, the main goal was to ruble the country, destroy the working class and people with a sense of internationalism, as well as prepare the ground for a thorough implementation of the extreme reactionary nationalist policy. The mass graves of innocent people killed by the Paul Pot - Ieng Sari genocide were discovered after the liberation of January 7 on the “Death Fields” Choeng Ec.

Photo: VIA, after an almost 4-year stay in power, the reactionary group of Paul Pot-Ieng Sari turned Cambodia into a giant prison, a huge cemetery, pushed the Cambodian people to the genocide. The Cambodians, who survived after the threat of genocide at the Paul Pota regime, said: “Almost 3 million people died, the former all busy streets, magnificent green villages and family meetings with songs disappeared.

The whole country has turned into zero: there is no freedom of movement, nor freedom for a meeting, nor freedom of speech, no freedom of religion, nor freedom of training, nor freedom of marriage, nor money circulation, nor freedom, nor freedom to visit temples remained only hatred and resentment. ” Almost 3 million people died, the former lively streets, lush green villages and family meetings with songs disappeared.

Only hatred and resentment remained. As for foreign affairs, the government of democratic campaigns pursued an extreme and aggressive foreign policy, tried to destroy the Soviet Union and many socialist countries. As for Vietnam, they promoted their own forces and denied objective factors and the international historical context of the victory of Cambodia, at the same time denying the enormous assistance of the people of Vietnam and promoting anti -election policy.

Immediately after the Vietnam was reunited, the army of Paul Pota continuously invaded and occupied many points on the border of the territory and territorial waters of Vietnam, committing many crimes against the Vietnamese people, the culmination of which began the invasion of the southwestern border of Vietnam at the end of the year. In order to save the Cambodian people, the United Front of the National Salvation of the Campuster immediately after its creation turned to Vietnam with a call for help in the struggle to overthrow the Paul Pot - Ieng Sari group.

This assistance “Photo: from the end of the year, after the defeat of the half-Potons of the invaders, reliably protecting the southwestern border of the Vietnamese Fatherland, responding to the call for the help of a united front of the national salvation of the campaign, the Vietnamese Party and the state, the Vietnamese People’s Army decided to use a number of VNA units to stand with the revolutionary armed forces and the people Cambodia to conduct an attack in order to overthrow the genocide regime Paul Pot - Ieng Sari and the salvation of the Cambodian people from the genocide.

This is the correct, timely and noble international decision of the Vietnamese party and the state.Adhering to the instructions of the President Ho Shi Min: “Helping the people of the fraternal country means to help themselves”, combining national duty with the international, from December 23 to January 7 of the year of the Vietnamese People’s Army of the 5th, 7th and 9th military districts, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th corps, coordinated actions with the revolutionary armed forces and the people of Cambodia to start.

The counterattack in many directions, with determination, strives to free Cambodia. The forces of the Cambodian Revolutionary Army are included in Phnomopen to liberate the capital, on January 7 of the year. Photo: VIA on January 12 of the year, the People’s Republic of Cambodia was born, which was quickly supported and officially recognized by many countries. The collapse of the genocide regime Pol Pot-Ieng Sari confirmed the international role of the Vietnamese People’s Army in Cambodia, which initially led to the severe defeat of foreign reactionary forces that wanted to use the state of the state of democratic campaign for the destructive war against Vietnam on our southwestern border.

With the great victory on January 7, Cambodia officially entered the revival. Cambodians at the celebration of the Victory on January 7 of the year, held on January 25 of the year at the Olympic stadium in T -refiner. Archive photo: VIA Cambodians at the celebration of Victory January 7 of the year, held on January 25 at the Olympic Stadium in Tumpen. Archive photo: VIA, however, in conditions when the Cambodia revolutionary government is still young, the armed forces were not strengthened and not developed, the remaining troops Paul Pota were still quite large about 40 thousand people and fled to the border zone of Cambodia and Thailand.

Some countries provided them with assistance to continue resistance, due to which they caused significant damage to the state and the Cambodia revolutionary government. In this situation, the party and the state of the People’s Republic of Cambodia turned to the party and the state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with a request to send soldiers and military experts to help the Cambodian revolution.

Responding to their request, “our party made a very correct decision to leave for a while most of the volunteer army to provide them with support. For the sake of the life interests of our people, as well as the life interests of the Cambodian people, we closely combine national responsibilities with international debt. ” For 10 years of the international mission in Cambodia GG.

During the years, the Vietnamese Volunteer Army and the revolutionary armed forces of Cambodia continuously took attacks with the aim of destroying the remnants of the Broken Army of Paul Pot in the Western, southwestern border regions and within the country. On the fronts, and we and the Cambodian brothers as a whole eliminated their foci in key areas, contributing to the powerful development of the Cambodian revolutionary movement.

In years, thanks to the effective assistance of Vietnamese volunteers and military experts of the Cambodian side, it was possible to protect themselves and manage outdoor, Port Campongs, 4 provinces of Svyiriens, Priva, Candalum, Kandal, protect some key and main areas and mainly control the western border. After the expulsion of the remnants of the broken army, Paul Pot, at the request of the Cambodian side, Vietnamese volunteers and military experts coordinated their actions with the army and the people of Cambodia to build a defense line called K5, the length of more km bordering Thailand.

At the end of the year, the K5 defense line was mainly completed. We discovered, prevented and repelled the attacks of the remnants of the broken army Paul Pot. In addition, Vietnamese volunteers and military experts, together with Cambodian soldiers and people, organized many attacks on the enemy along the corridor and “concave bases” in the northern and southeastern regions of the town of Kratier.

The revolutionary armed forces of Cambodia and Vietnamese soldiers-volunteers coordinate their actions to train and improve military equipment. Photo: VIA Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cambodia and Vietnamese soldiers-volunteers coordinate their actions to train and improve military equipment. Photo: VIA residents of Ratanakiri's province in the northeast of Cambodia welcom the Cambodian revolutionary armed forces of Cambodia and the Vietnamese soldiers.

Photo: VIA Vietnamese military doctors-volunteers help the revolutionary armed forces of Cambodia in training combat military medicine. As for the construction of the revolutionary armed forces, by the end of the year the Cambodian revolution initially had 22 infantry battalions and 69 working groups. By the beginning of September, Cambodia created three types of armed forces, including the main divisions, brigades, regiments and military units with a total number of about thousand.Of these, the main army has more than 48 thousand people, the local army - more than 80 thousand people of VNA also helped Cambodia to build a system of revolutionary authorities and organized the training of personnel workers at 21 provinces and city, counties and towns, in more than communities and quarters, more than 12 thousand villages.

VNA helped create trade unions, women's and youth organizations from the central to the lower level, contributing to the protection and construction of the country. In addition, thanks to the help of the party, the government and the people of Vietnam, the directly volunteer army and Vietnamese experts, the economic, political, medical, educational and religious situation in Cambodia gradually restored and developed.

Vietnam also helped to open the seaport of Kampongs and restore the railway line from port to ponom, contributing to the transportation of tens of thousands of tons of food from countries that provided assistance to the Cambodian people from which Vietnam provided about 45 thousand tons. By the end - the beginning of the year, Cambodia basically prevented hunger and at the same time helped more than 1 million people suffering from deprivation, resettlement and housing problems, return to their old native villages and cities, and soon stabilize their lives.

Volunteers put efforts and materials to help restore houses, schools and clinics, distributed household appliances, production tools, seeds and breeds to help Cambodian friends restore production. The Vietnamese side helped to gradually restore the healthcare system, organized a medical examination and treatment of residents. At the same time, Vietnam helped the Cambodian people to clear villages, communities, streets and quarters to prevent epidemics.

Having achieved great success in the assistance of Cambodia, the “Buddhist Army” helped the Cambodian people to carry out a great national revival, contributing to the strengthening and development of traditional solidarity between the peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia. This left a deep imprint of a revolutionary nature and glorious VNA traditions. In fact, “Vietnam saved Cambodia from the genocide, and the Vietnamese Volunteer Army was in Cambodia at the request of the government of the People’s Republic of Cambodia” and “they were there to fight and destroy the Red Khmer.

They are not here to become colonial invaders, ”as the former Prime Minister Cambodia Hun Saint emphasized. They are not here to become colonial invaders. ” At the same time, Prime Minister Cambodia Saint, in the process of providing the Government of the People’s Republic of Cambodia, Help, Vietnam, has always confirmed its readiness to coordinate actions with all parties to discuss and solve the “Cambodian problem”.

Vietnam proposed and implemented a road map on the withdrawal of Vietnamese volunteers and military experts from Cambodia. Every year, Vietnam brought part of the Vietnamese Volunteer Army from Cambodia. After the conclusion to the country of Vietnamese military experts of June, on September 29, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam announced the completion of the withdrawal of all Vietnamese volunteer forces from Cambodia.