April 25, 2017 | 21:18 (GMT+7)
Chief of General Staff visits MR 9
PANO - A delegation of the Ministry of National Defense, led by Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Defense Minister, met with the chain-of-command of Military Region 9 (MR 9) on April 23.
At the meeting, MR9’s leaders and representatives from its relevant units briefed the delegation on political security and social order in the area, as well as the regional armed forces' performance of military and defense missions last year and in the first months of 2017.
Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang speaking at the event
Speaking at the event, General Giang highly appreciated results of MR9's armed forces over the past time, and asked them to continue strengthening the combat readiness posture, building up the military order and regularity, raising political stance of troops, as well as improving training quality for troops, especially for recruits.
Earlier, Gen. Giang inspected Regiment 1 of Division 330, Brigade 962 of Military Region 9, Regiment 917 of Division 370 of the Air Defense and Air Force Service, and several local units.
Translated by Song Anh