June 23, 2019 | 20:30 (GMT+7)
Defense Minister visits Z117
PANO - General Ngo Xuan Lich, member of the Politburo, Deputy-Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense, on June 22 visited and worked with Factory Z117 under the General Department of Defense Industry.
In 2018 and the first 6 months of 2019, the factory completed all assigned tasks, focusing on defense-economic production. Notably, the factory actively coordinated with military agencies, units, and its civilian partners to ensure high quality of all defense products. The factory also conducted R&D (research and development) to improve its products.
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General Ngo Xuan Lich checking several defense products of the factory |
The factory actively expanded its market, thereby created more jobs for its workers. In 2018, the factory’s turnover reached VND 682 billion while its profit was over VND 15 billion. Its workers’ monthly income was about VND 8.5 million, exceeding the set plan.
At the meeting, General Ngo Xuan Lich praised the factory's achievements in production activities, as well as its care of workers' lives over the past years. The Defense Minister asked the factory’s leadership to continue to mobilize resources, give top priority to defense products, and fulfill all assigned missions. Besides, the unit should have sound policies for skilled workers, boost scientific research and expand markets, as well as promote economic production, and stabilize jobs and incomes for its workers, he added.
Translated by Lam Anh