At the meeting, the deputy defense minister praised units of the province’s armed forces for their positive outcomes over the past time and urged them to continue grasping and strictly carrying out higher level’s directives, bring into play obtained results, closely follow situational development, and give recommendations to deal with circumstances in a timely manner. 

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Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien presents gifts to Thua Thien Hue province’s armed forces.

Together with training and combat readiness mission, the province’s armed forces should pay attention to taking care of people, especially those living in remote areas and ethnic  residents.

In the upcoming lunar New Year (Tet), the defense leader requested units to strictly maintain combat readiness and make thorough preparation for the holiday to ensure that troops and local people have a safe, economical New Year with high combat readiness.

The same day, Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh inspected Missile Regiment 236 and Factory Z153’s combat readiness observance and their preparations for the upcoming lunar New Year.

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Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh presents gifts to Missile Regiment 236.

During the inspection, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh praised Missile Regiment 236 of Air Defense Division 361 under the Air Defense - Air Force Service and Factory Z153 under the General Department of Technical Affairs for their outstanding achievements in task performance and pro-active preparations for Tet.

General Vinh asked the two units to accelerate measures to ensure a safe, healthy, cozy Tet; cooperate with local authorities and forces to ensure security and public order; foster inspection and guard; closely follow situational development to give timely advice to higher levels to handle circumstances; pay attention to material and spiritual life of troops.

While extending New Year greetings to units in Khanh Hoa province, Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam highly appreciated their obtained results in 2022 and pro-active preparation for the lunar New Year.

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam requested the units to focus on maintaining combat readiness posture, closely grasping situation in designated areas, giving advice to deal with circumstances in a timely manner, and preparing forces and vehicles for fire prevention and search and rescue missions.  

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Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam (third from right) presents gifts to the Signal Officer Candidate School.

A working mission of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, led by Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs Major General Nguyen Van Gau, visited and presented New Year gifts to units in Military Region 1, including Army Corps 2 Command, Regiment 141 under Division 3, Division 3, the Bac Giang provincial Military Command, Lang Giang Convalescent Center (Bac Giang province), and Thuan Thanh Convalescent Center (Bac Ninh province).

At units, Major General Nguyen Van Gau praised and highly appreciated their spirit of solidarity, efforts to overcome difficulties, and outstanding results obtained in 2022. He asked the units to strengthen inspection, strictly observe the guard duty, ensure welfares for troops, organize New Year activities, and well carry out ideological education to raise troops’ determination to successfully complete all assigned tasks.

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Major General Nguyen Van Gau hands over gifts to Regiment 141 of Division 3 of Military Region 1.

While visiting wounded and sick soldiers under treatment at Lang Giang and Thuan Thanh Convalescent Centers, Major General Nguyen Van Gau inquired after their health and expressed deep gratitude to their great contribution to national liberation cause. He hoped that wounded and sick soldiers would be healthy and continue upholding tradition and virtues of Uncle Ho’s soldiers and contributing to the development of their hometown and the Fatherland.

Also on January 9, Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs, visited, inspected, and extended New Year greetings to units under the general department. 

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Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh (third from left) presents gifts to the Central Military Procuracy.

Having been briefed on the units’ task performance in 2022, Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh evaluated that in spite of facing numerous difficulties, they strictly studied and carried out directives and resolutions and actively made recommendations to the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and leaders of the General Department of Political Affairs.

He asked agencies and units to strictly grasp directives and orders on combat readiness, pay attention to taking care of their personnel’s lives, and organize New Year activities. 

Translated by Tran Hoai