At the meeting, GDDI Director Lieutenant General Ho Quang Tuan reported on the agency’s outstanding achievements last year and the implementation of this year’s major tasks.
In particular, last year, despite numerous difficulties and impacts of the complicated COVID-19 pandemic, the GDDI comprehensively and effectively carried out all working aspects, contributing to the military, defense task completion of the whole military.
The agency also gave strategic recommendations to the State and the Ministry of National Defense to build and develop the defense industry sector and continued to realize the Politburo’s Resolution No.08 on further developing defense industry by 2030 and subsequent years. It completed the dossier on building the Law on Defense Industry, Industrial Encouragement to submit to the Government for reporting to the 15th National Assembly for inclusion in its law-making program.
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GDDI Director Lieutenant General Ho Quang Tuan delivering the report |
The GDDI also restructured, innovated, and improved the efficiency of military businesses, and directed the building of economy coupling with consolidating defense posture and mapped out orientations to develop economy and increase production in the coming time as well.
This year, the general department will continue to perform its advisory role for the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, perfect the dossier on building the Law on Defense Industry, Industrial Encouragement, and raise the efficiency of military enterprises.
It will speed up the exploitation and assurance of materials for production and repair of defense products, make breakthroughs in improving the efficiency of corporate governance. It will also accelerate digital transformation, building of product and business brands to participate in major national programs and projects, and closely monitor production process and improvement of the quality of products.
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Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang addresses the event. |
In his speech, General Giang applauded the general department’s great efforts and achievements made last year, especially in ship-building and explosive production.
Regarding the unit’s major duties for this year, the defense minister emphasized that apart from giving advice on the implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No.08, the general department should disseminate the resolution and other resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress to its personnel. It should also focus on fostering high-quality human resources and leading experts in specific field.
Together with boosting digital transformation and innovation, General Giang asked the unit to proactively, closely, and effectively cooperate with other agencies and units to improve quality and efficiency of scientific research work, produce more modern weapons and equipment to meet training and combat readiness requirements of the whole military.
In addition, it was required to pay more attention to dual-use production, to both effectively serve the military and defense tasks and actively contribute to the development of the national economy.
Given the fact that the GDDI’s tasks in 2022 are huge, Minister Giang asked it to have specific plans, clearly assign responsibilities, identify priority contents, and drastically organize the implementation and achieve all set targets as planned.
He hoped that with outcomes achieved last year, the General Department of Defense Industry will gain more important achievements this year thanks to its new determination, new thinking, new ways of doing things, contributing to building a strong defense industry sector, meeting the mission requirements of national building and protection in the new situation.
Translated by Mai Huong