Victory over US's naval blockade 50 years ago spotlighted

Participants highlighted the US imperialists’ plot of using mines and magnetic bombs to block the northern rivers and seas in order to suffocate the development of the north, thus limiting and preventing the region’s ability to supply aid to the southern battlefields.

They also underlined the Party and President Ho Chi Minh’s responding policies and measures to foil the US’s scheme.

Along with pointing out the causes and significance of the victory, participants also highlighted experience learnt from the success of Vietnamese military and people, and its application in the building and protection of the national sovereignty over seas and islands in the current period.

Addressing the event, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Bong - Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of the Vietnam People’s Navy - attributed the victory to the wise and creative leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, as well as the solidarity between the naval force and the people of the north, thus maintaining the operation of the gateway for trading activities and transport routes

After 50 years, the victory has still helped inspire patriotism, national pride and spirit of self-reliance and desire for peace among the community, strengthening people’s trust in the leadership of the Party in the new period, he stated.