On January 24, 2024, the Veterans’ Association held a conference to review its activities in 2023 and implement its plan for 2024.

Representing higher-level organizations at the conference were Major General Nguyen Manh Su, Vice Chair of the Hanoi Veterans’ Association; and Colonel Pham Ho Quang, Deputy Head of the municipal Association’s Propaganda and Education Committee. Representing National Economics University (NEU) were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Duc Tho, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chair of the University Council; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President; and Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Dong, Chair of the Veterans’ Association, along with representatives of the leadership of departments, faculties, institutes, and centers, and all members of the University’s Veterans’ Association.

At the start of the new year, amid preparations to reform the model and improve the quality of education, scientific research, and community service, the Veterans’ Association began implementing NEU’s 10 key tasks for 2024, the Association’s seven tasks under Decision No. 65/QĐ-ĐHKTQD dated January 19, 2024, and the work plan comprising the Hanoi Veterans’ Association’s 10 key tasks. These efforts also included preparations for meaningful activities to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People’s Army, the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, and the 35th anniversary of Vietnam Veterans’ Traditional Day.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President of NEU, speaks at the ceremony.

On behalf of the University’s leadership, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President, acknowledged the Veterans’ Association’s activities to date, reaffirmed his high regard for and confidence in its work, and expressed warm sentiments toward all generations of members of the University’s Veterans’ Association.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Dong, Chair of the Veterans’ Association, delivers remarks

In recognition of the University leadership’s attention to affairs concerning wounded veterans and fallen soldiers in general, and its attention and support for the University’s Veterans’ Association, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association awarded Vietnam Veterans’ Commemorative Medals to Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Chuong, President, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Duc Tho, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chair of the University Council.

Major General Nguyen Manh Su, Vice Chair of the Hanoi Veterans’ Association, presents an emulation flag to the University’s Veterans’ Association.

Major General Nguyen Manh Su, Vice Chair of the Hanoi Veterans’ Association, presents a Vietnam Veterans’ Commemorative Medal to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Duc Tho, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chair of the University Council.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Duc Tho, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chair of the University Council, delivers remarks.

In addition, all activities undertaken by NEU’s Veterans’ Association in 2023 were highly rated by the municipal Association. The University’s Veterans’ Association was rated an “Association with Outstanding Task Performance” and received the “Outstanding Emulation Flag” from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Duc Trieu received a certificate of merit from the Central Committee of the Association, while Dr. Tran Quang Yen and MSc. Tran Thi Kim Thanh received certificates of merit from the municipal Association. On this occasion, 11 veterans received Vietnam Veterans’ Commemorative Medals.

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Article and photos: Veterans’ Association and Department of Communications

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