The deputy defense minister required the units to strictly implement the resolutions and directives of higher levels; maintain and enhance combat readiness competence; organize military recruitment, training, and ensure military policies for troops and their relatives. The units should pay more attention to taking care of troops’ spiritual and material life; ensure a warm and joyful lunar New Year for troops; strengthen the close ties between the military and people in the stationed areas; and closely coordinate with functional forces to maintain political security, social order and safety.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Vo Minh Luong and delegates of Military and Border Guard Commands of Ben Tre province in a joint photo |
Gen. Luong presented gifts to troops and encouraged them to accomplish all assigned missions, wishing them and their families a joyful, happy, and prosperous New Year.
* The same day, a MND delegation led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff (GS) Sr. Lt. Gen. Huynh Chien Thang checked the combat readiness observance and the organization of the lunar New Year of Dong Thap province’s armed forces and Regiment 9 (Division 8, Military Region 9).
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Huynh Chien Thang at the working session at the Dong Thap provincial Military Command |
Gen. Thang required the units to review, adjust, and supplement their plans; enhance training for combat scenarios; closely coordinate with relevant forces to follow situations and pro-actively implement measures to maintain political security, social order and safety in the locality. Meanwhile, the unit should raise ideological and political education among troops to raise their awareness of combat readiness missions; strictly manage personnel and vehicles involved in transportation to ensure absolute safety, to name but a few.
* A GS delegation led by its Deputy Chief Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son visited and extended Tet greetings to the Military and Border Guard Commands of Hue city; presented gifts to policy beneficiaries and families with difficult conditions in the city.
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Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son presents gifts to policy beneficiaries and needy families in Hue city. |
After the inspection, Gen. Son praised the units’ obtained achievements over the past time, requiring them to continue to give recommendations to the Party Committees and local authorities on the leadership and implementation of military and defense tasks, the building of a strong whole-people defense posture; firmly safeguard national border security; and effectively implement defense external work.
On the occasion, Gen. Son, together with leaders from the Military Region 4 Command and the Hue city People’s Committee, presented gifts to the Military and Border Guard Commands of Hue city; the Military Commands of Huong Tra, Phong Dien townships in Quang Dien and A Luoi districts, respectively; relatives of the martyrs who laid down their lives performing search and rescue missions at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant; and 100 policy beneficiaries and needy households in the city.
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Lt. Gen. Do Xuan Tung encouraging troops from Regiment 209 |
* On January 16, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs (GDP) Lt. Gen. Do Xuan Tung visited and extended Tet greetings to Regiment 209, Division 312, Army Corps 12.
Speaking at the working session, Lt. Gen. Do Xuan Tung applauded the great efforts of officers and soldiers from the regiment in task performance and required the unit to continue to maintain combat readiness observance; ensure a warm, safe and joyful lunar New Year for troops; care for policy beneficiaries and well implement the Party and political work; collaborate with other units in ensuring security and safety in the localities.
Gen. Tung emphasized that troops should firmly maintain their ideology, heighten their bravery and determination to fulfill all assignments, especially during the lunar New Year 2025.
Translated by Quynh Oanh