The event drew the participation of Director of the General Department of Politics (GDP) General Luong Cuong, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Defense Minister Vice Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, and representatives of relevant agencies under the General Staff, GDP and Ministry of National Defense (MND).
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General Phan Van Giang speaking at the event |
Over the decade, the MND has worked closely with relevant ministries, sectors, localities, and organizations to advise the government and Prime Minister on guidance toward the implementation of the Ordinance on National Defense Industry. As a result, all completed industrial defense projects have been operating effectively, contributing to improving national defense production capacities.
Meanwhile, scientific research, designing, production, and maintenance of weapons and technical equipment have seen rapid developments. The national defense industry sector effectively expanded cooperation and scientific and technological exchange with agencies and units inside and outside the military.
General Giang concluded the conference by emphasizing the strategic importance of the ordinance to the national development and defense cause, as well as highlighting key achievements in the past 12 years of implementing the ordinance. He also emphasized the important coordination of Central agencies, localities, ministries, and services in creating favorable mechanisms and policies for the defense industry sector.
In the time to come, the Defense Minister requested that the national defense industry should build and develop as a dual-purpose, modern and self-reliant model and become the spearhead of national industry. Functional units were asked to focus on research and production of different types of modern weapons and technical equipment.
It is necessary to legalize the Party’s and State’s viewpoints and policies on national defense, he added. General Giang also asked the General Department of Defense Industry to collaborate with relevant units to prepare documents for a law on defense industry.
Translated by Khanh Ngan