Since he was engaged with other tasks, General Vo Nguyen Giap wrote a letter dated May 12, 1975 to officers, soldiers, Party members and the Communist Youth Union of the Army Corp 1, which had made significant contributions in the National Salvation and Resistance against the American imperialists.

A year after the victory (April 30, 1975-April 30, 1976), General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting the Military Command in Thua Thien Hue province. In photo: Major General Le Nam Khanh (left) introducing officers of the Command to General Vo Nguyen Giap.

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting a guerilla squad from Cu Chi district, outside of Ho Chi Minh City, July 1977

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting tank troops

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting pilots at Tan Son Nhat airport, Ho Chi Minh City, July 1977

General Vo Nguyen Giap talking with a soldier of the tank troop, 1977

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting sailors on the Navy's founding anniversary, May 7, 1978

General Vo Nguyen Giap talking with Colonel Nguyen Xuan Phuong, Commander of Vietnam Special Force, 1997

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting a museum of the Air Defense-Air Force, 1995

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting and giving his condolences to the family of the late Colonel General Tran Van Tra, 1996

General Vo Nguyen Giap talking with the ethnic minorities in the revolutionary base in Cao Bang province, 1994

General Vo Nguyen Giap visiting Heroic Mother Vo Thi Hoi, 96 years old, at Tan Xuan Commune, Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh city, 1996

General Vo Nguyen Giap warmly welcomes 119 representatives from families who made contributions to the revolution at an annual meeting organized by the Vietnam Association of Psychology and Vietnam Association of Historical Science, September 2, 1996