PANO - Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, member of the Party Central Committee, permanent member of the Military Central Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defense, on November 22 worked with Bac Giang province’s leaders and checked National Military Training Center 1.

At the working session with Bac Giang province’s leadership, General Giang was briefed on the local leadership to accomplish socio-economic development targets, contributing to improving locals’ material and spiritual life; maintenance of local stability; enhanced defense and security and improved living standards of local armed forces.

At the meeting between the military delegation and Bac Giang leaders

General Giang thanked the local Party Committee, authorities and people for their due attention to and creating favorable conditions for the local armed forces and army units stationed in the locality to fulfill their defense and military tasks, manage the land for national defense and firing range, build military facilities to meet training requirements and implement military-defense missions in the coming time.

Inspecting the preparation for the building of training grounds at National Military Training Center 1, General Giang asked the Department of Military Training, Military Region 1 and relevant units to boost their coordination to construct and put into operation training grounds with high quality.

He also requested army units in the locality to continue their training, improve troops’ technical skills and tactics, conduct exercises in line with combat reality, ensure effective operations of training establishments, and contribute to local economic development and support locals’ production as well.

Translated by Mai Huong