Hanoi (VNA) - Nearly 16,000 officers and soldiers from units under the Ministries of National Defence and Public Security joined the second joint rehearsal for the military parade and march celebrating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945 – 2025) and National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2025) in Hanoi on August 5.
Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and head of the Subcommittee of Parade and Marching Organisation under the Ministry of National Defence, presided over the rehearsal, which aimed to evaluate performance and draw lessons for future sessions.
The joint rehearsal began with the traditional torch relay, followed by a flag-raising ceremony. Following the marching formations were military vehicles and specialised police vehicles.
The second joint rehearsal features modern weapons and equipment. (Photo: VNA)
Notably, the event featured modern weapons and equipment, including tanks, armoured vehicles, missiles, artillery, radar systems, and specialised military gear for electronic warfare, engineering, communications, and chemical units. Many of these were developed by Vietnam’s defence industry, such as the Truong Son missile system, XCB-01 infantry fighting vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and radar systems. The display aims to show the mobility and high combat readiness of the VPA.
In addition, a variety of specialised equipment from the People’s Public Security forces was showcased, including anti-terrorism combat vehicles, mobile command vehicles, armoured bulletproof vehicles, underwater combat vehicles, multi-purpose tactical support vehicles, and anti-riot vehicles.
Commending the forces for their dedication despite the extremely hot weather, Nghia noted that the second joint rehearsal shows significant improvement over the first. He stressed that this is a meaningful political and social event, long anticipated by the Party, State, and people at home and abroad.
Given the significance and scale of the celebration, military and public security agencies and units have thoroughly grasped and seriously implemented training programmes, ensuring tight organisation and discipline in preparing marching formations, he said.
The military parade and march has 18 stationary and 43 marching formations, including seven female military and two female police ones./.
