Lieutenant General Pham Truong Son, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, attended the event and handed over a “Determined-to-Win” flag to Chemical Brigade 88.
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Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son and delegates at the ceremony |
In his opening remarks, Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son underlined that over the past time, the Chemical Corps has given recommendations to the Central Military Commission (CMC), the Ministry of National Defense (MND), and the General Staff (GS) on policies and solutions for responding to chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear incidents; settling post-war toxic chemicals' consequences; conducting epidemic prevention and control; and handling environmental pollution, among others.
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Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son hands over the “Determined-to-Win” flag to Chemical Brigade 88. |
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Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son delivers a speech at the event. |
Meanwhile, the corps has focused on education and training work and purchased many modern weapons and equipment, meeting the requirements of the Fatherland defense and protection tasks.
In the time to come, the GS deputy chief required Brigade 88 to soon stabilize the organization in all aspects, build internal solidarity, and promptly undertake assignments.
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Gen. Son and the delegates tour technical equipment of the brigade. |
Also, the brigade should strictly grasp and effectively implement the resolutions, directives, orders, regulations and instructions of the Party, State, CMC, MND, GS, and the Chemical Corps on military and defense task performance.
Meanwhile, the unit should raise troops’ political stance and heighten their determination to overcome difficulties and accomplish all assigned missions, contributing to building a comprehensively-strong, exemplary and typical unit.
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Major General Ha Van Cu, Chief of the Chemical Corps, introducing technical equipment to the delegates |
The brigade should strictly follow the orders of the MND and GS and directives and instructions of MND’s functional agencies and the Chemical Corps on combat readiness tasks; maintain combat readiness regulations and closely follow the situation; as well as team up with the local forces and stay ready to undertake missions as requested, to name but a few.
Translated by Quynh Oanh