Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don chaired a meeting to review outsourcing methods and improving military meals. The meeting saw the presence of Lieutenant General Tran Duy Quang, Director of the General Department of Logistics.
Over the past time, defense agencies and military units have strictly implemented the Ministry of National Defense’s directives and functional agencies’ instructions on outsourcing methods, contributing to improving meals for troops and saving part of the defense budget. However, units have still faced difficulties in applying outsourcing methods in conducting exercises and outdoor activities.
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Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don speaking at the event |
At the meeting, certain shortcomings during the implementation of outsourcing methods were also pointed out.
In his concluding speech, General Don hailed the General Department of Logistics and relevant agencies and units for their good outsourcing. He asked the general department to work closely with other units to clarify advantages and disadvantages of the method and give recommendations to the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on the future implementation of this method.
* Since the beginning of this year, the Party Committee and Chain-of-command of the Vietnam Coast Guard Command have directed the command’s affiliates to strictly observe and double check legal documents on handling administrative violations.
So far, the coast guard force has dealt with 278 out of 327 ships with administrative violations, solved 33 cases and arrested 239 suspects related to drug trafficking and trade fraud. The force seized numerous exhibits valued at nearly VND 160 billion, contributing over VND 88.5 billion to the State budget.
Speaking highly of the coast guard force’s task performance in the first half of this year, Sr. Lt. Gen. Le Chiem, Deputy Defense Minister urged the Coast Guard Party Committee and commanders to raise responsibility and awareness and highlighted the important role of the coast guard force in handling administrative violations effectively.
The force was asked to further study legal documents on protecting national maritime sovereignty and ensuring order and security at sea.
* The same day, Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Be Xuan Truong visited Factories Z113 and Z129, under the General Department of Defense Industry.
Since early this year, despite the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Factory Z113 has exerted all-out efforts to reach all of its set business and production targets. It has checked, approved, and delivered products to military and public security units as planned and exported several products.
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Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Be Xuan Truong and the delegation inspecting equipment |
Meanwhile, Factory Z129 maintained the manufacturing of both defense and economic products as scheduled thanks to close collaboration with relevant agencies and units.
At the meeting, Gen. Truong applauded the two factories for their task accomplishments in the first six months in production, business and organization of Party congresses at all levels.
In the second half of this year, the Deputy Defense Minister requested the factories to promote their achievements, work closely and actively with their partners and functional agencies to put forward major projects, improve production capabilities, and do their utmost to meet new mission requirements.
The defense official also suggested that they seek new export markets to boost production.
Translated by Mai Huong