The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee held a get-togetherin Hanoi on May 19 to mark the 70 th founding anniversary of theVietnam Independence Alliance Association (Viet Minh Front for short) –the VFF’s predecessor.
Speaking at the event, VFF Central Committee President Huynh Dam saidthe Viet Minh Front, initiated by Nguyen Ai Quoc (then President Ho ChiMinh), united and gathered all social classes, people of all strata,patriotic parties, national salvation organisations, ethnic groups andreligions to repel French imperialists and Japanese fascists and set upthe Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first of its kind in SoutheastAsia.
The VFF had also joined hands with national,democratic and peace forces in Vietnam in leading the people to defeatUS invaders in the 1975 Great Spring Victory, securing the competeliberation of South Vietnam and national reunification, he added.
“To fit that glorious tradition, the VFF commits itself tocontinuously strengthening its organisation, renovating contents andmethods of operations and well perform its role, functions and tasks,helping promote the strength of the great national unity insocio-economic development and national construction in the transitionalperiod to socialism, for a strong nation with wealthy people and ademocratic, fair and civilised society,” Dam stressed.
He affirmed the VFF’s immediate tasks of successfully organising theelections for the 13th National Assembly and People's Council at alllevels for the 2011-16 term scheduled for May 22 and mobilising peopleof all strata to effectively realise the government’s Resolution No. 11on curbing inflation, stabilising the macro economy and ensuring socialwelfares./.
Speaking at the event, VFF Central Committee President Huynh Dam saidthe Viet Minh Front, initiated by Nguyen Ai Quoc (then President Ho ChiMinh), united and gathered all social classes, people of all strata,patriotic parties, national salvation organisations, ethnic groups andreligions to repel French imperialists and Japanese fascists and set upthe Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first of its kind in SoutheastAsia.
The VFF had also joined hands with national,democratic and peace forces in Vietnam in leading the people to defeatUS invaders in the 1975 Great Spring Victory, securing the competeliberation of South Vietnam and national reunification, he added.
“To fit that glorious tradition, the VFF commits itself tocontinuously strengthening its organisation, renovating contents andmethods of operations and well perform its role, functions and tasks,helping promote the strength of the great national unity insocio-economic development and national construction in the transitionalperiod to socialism, for a strong nation with wealthy people and ademocratic, fair and civilised society,” Dam stressed.
He affirmed the VFF’s immediate tasks of successfully organising theelections for the 13th National Assembly and People's Council at alllevels for the 2011-16 term scheduled for May 22 and mobilising peopleof all strata to effectively realise the government’s Resolution No. 11on curbing inflation, stabilising the macro economy and ensuring socialwelfares./.
