August 07, 2019 | 21:46 (GMT+7)
Defensive area exercise conducted in Da Nang
PANO – A defensive area exercise successfully took place in Da Nang city on August 6 with absolute safety.
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Outstanding units honored at the event |
The exercise was jointly run by the Military Region 5 (MR5) Command and other relevant units including the Da Nang municipal Party Committee and People’s Committee.
Present at the event were Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Phuong Nam, and Deputy Director of the VPA’s General Department of Politics Lieutenant General Do Can, among others.
After receiving orders to hold the exercise, the MR5's Party Committee and Command actively worked with the Da Nang municipal Party Committee and People’s Committee and relevant military units to build plans and make careful preparations for the event.
After over 2 hours the exercise was completed successfully with absolute safety for personnel and equipment.
In his opening speech, General Nam acknowledged the sense of responsibility and the great effort by all participating bodies in preparing for the exercise which contributed to making the event so successful. After the exercise, the general asked leaders of the participating units to apply experience and lessons learnt from the exercise to their units’ training and exercises afterwards.
The Ministry of National Defense handed over certificates of merit to 19 collectives for their best performance during the exercise.
Translated by Khanh Ngan