Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong praised personnel of Factory Z175 under the General Department of Defense Industry during a working session with the unit on October 30 in Hanoi.

Factory Z175 is tasked to study and manufacture high-tech rubber products for defense and security sectors, economic development and exports. Over the past years, the unit has carefully studied the military’s demands for new equipment and maintenance of weapons and military equipment, so as to manufacture high-tech rubber products to meet those demands. Its products have effectively served training and combat missions of units in the military.

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Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong at the visit to Factory Z175

In addition, Factory Z175 has paid attention to producing commercial products. Over the past five years, its commercial production has enjoyed high and sustainable growth, with an average annual growth rate of 10% percent. Some of its technical rubber products have been exported to the U.S., Denmark, Japan, Malaysia, Laos, and Cambodia, among others.

According to a report on Factory Z175’s task performance over the past time, in the first nine months of this year, the unit has reached 70.5% of its defense production targets and 84.7% of its commercial production objective. Its 275 new initiatives have been widely applied and shown to be highly efficient.

Praising Factory Z175’s achievements over the past years, General Truong requested the unit to promote political education for workers and encourage them to fulfil all assigned missions. Apart from continuing to seek new markets and cooperation opportunities, the factory should effectively exploit available technologies to raise the productivity and the quality of its products. It should also raise its brand name and prestige on both domestic and international markets. 

He also asked the unit to increase investment, apply scientific and technological advances to its management and production activities, encourage its personnel to develop and apply new initiatives to production, pay attention to raising the quality of its workforce, and strengthen unity in the unit.

Translated by Tran Hoai