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Former and incumbent leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and other delegates at the event |
Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang chaired the meeting.
Addressing the event, General Phan Van Giang expressed his delight at welcoming and meeting the delegates on the first days of the New Year 2023 after two years of COVID-19 outbreak.
He briefed the delegates upon domestic, regional, and international situations, hostile forces’ plots and acts of sabotage, outstanding achievements in military and defense task performance, defense diplomacy over the past time and orientations for 2023.
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Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang addresses the meeting. |
The defense chief emphasized that in 2022, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense led the whole military to promote solidarity, unity, exert utmost efforts, comprehensively fulfill all defense and military missions and targets with higher results against 2021.
Particularly, the whole military comprehensively carried out missions and solutions to build a politically-, ideologically-, morally- organizationally-strong Military Party Organization; and reviewed the realization of the Central Military Commission’s resolution on training, education and training, logistics, techniques, finance, military science. Notably, the Ministry of National Defense successfully organized the Vietnam International Defense Expo 2022, receiving high appreciation domestically and internationally.
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General Phan Van Giang and delegates |
The defense minister confirmed that the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense always treasure and highly praise valuable retired senior military officials’ opinions and experience in national defense consolidation, military building and Fatherland protection.
In any circumstances, retired senior officers and those who no longer work for the military are always a reliable and important political force of the Party, the State, the military and people, a source of valuable practical experience, and bright examples for younger cadres and troops to follow, General Phan Van Giang said.
He added that the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense always wish them to continue to promote Uncle Ho’s soldiers’ traditions, make more contribution to the Party’s revolutionary and the military building cause.
As the lunar New Year is drawing near, General Phan Van Giang wished the delegates and their families success and happiness.
The meeting was a good chance for the delegates to share experience and give their constructive opinions to the Party, State, Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defense to help direct cause of safeguarding the Fatherland, building the all people’s defense posture, building revolutionary, standardized, elite, and gradually-modernized Vietnam People Army in the current period.
Translated by Mai Huong