September 30, 2018 | 19:48 (GMT+7)
Can Tho launches defensive area exercise
PANO – A defensive area exercise in 2018 was launched on September 29 in Can Tho city, in the presence of Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Phuong Nam.
This year’s defensive area exercise consists of many contents, such as shifting the local armed forces to a high combat readiness posture and the locality to a national defense posture, as well as preparing and conducting defensive operations to firmly protect the city.
Speaking at the event, Tran Quoc Trung, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Can Tho municipal Party Committee, said that the exercise has an important meaning, aiming to realize the Party’s guidelines and directives on building and operating defensive areas.
The two-day exercise also aims to improve abilities of the leadership of Party committees at all levels, the management of the local government, the roles and capabilities of military units and other agencies and the coordination between the local forces in handling emerging situations.
Translated by Lam Anh