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Defense Minister Phan Van Giang sharing his experience with troops |
He was accompanied by Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs Senior Lieutenant General Do Can, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Ngo Minh Tien, and representatives of agencies of the Ministry of National Defense.
In the morning, the defense minister inspected Dong Doi Firing Range’s command post, Company 3 (Battalion 1)’s military topographic training area, Company 14 (Battalion 5)’s class on Marxism-Leninism political-economics, and Battalion 6’s management of weapons and military equipment and its line-up regulation training.
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Defense Minister Phan Van Giang talks with cadets in a Marxism-Leninism political-economics class. |
Especially, General Giang checked the revision time of 11A and 11B master’s degree classes, during which he shared his experience in studying and urged students to overcome all difficulties to achieve the highest results.
During the visit, the defense minister highlighted the importance of foreign languages in social life in general and military activities in particular. Emphasizing that foreign languages are important to people’s study, research, and communication, he asked the Army Officer Candidate School No.1’s cadres and cadets to pay more attention to foreign language teaching and learning in the coming time.
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Defense Minister attends Battalion 6's training session. |
Later the same day, General Phan Van Giang worked with representatives of the Army Officer Candidate School No.1.
Briefed on the school’s task performance in 2021 as well as its key missions in 2022, Defense Minister Phan Van Giang acknowledged and congratulated the school on its achievements over the past time and expected that the unit will effectively bring into play the obtained results and complete all assigned missions. The Army Officer Candidate Training School No.1 is a school rich in traditions. Founded before the August Revolution, the school had the honor to receive President Ho Chi Minh nine times. In 1946, Uncle Ho attended the school’s opening ceremony of academic year and presented the school with a flag embroidered with golden words, “Loyal to the nation, pious to the people.” For its achievements over the past year, the school has been honored with many noble orders, including the title of the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces.
Since the current national protection mission is posing new requirements for education and training, the defense minister said that the school’s researches and education and training programs and methods should be in line with reality and put learners at the center of training, so as to comprehensively develop their capability to meet all task requirements.
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General Phan Van Giang speaks at the meeting with the school's representatives. |
In addition to that, the school should seriously and effectively carry out resolutions and directives of the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defense on education and training. It should raise the leadership capability and combat power of Party committees and Party organizations and build a comprehensively strong, regular, exemplary, and outstanding unit, the Defense Minister added.
Translated by Tran Hoai