February 13, 2020 | 16:39 (GMT+7)
Deputy defense minister visits Military Region 1
PANO – A delegation of the Ministry of National Defense, led by Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, paid a visit to the Military Region 1 (MR 1) Command on February 12.
At the working session with MR 1’s key officers, General Cuong was briefed on the unit’s performance of its military-defense tasks in the past year and in the two first months of this year.
Apparently, the military region’s Party Committee and Command have closely followed higher levels’ directives on military-defense tasks with a focus on building local firm defensive areas and improving the quality of combat readiness of the local armed forces.
Speaking at the event, General Cuong requested the region’s troops to continue comprehensively implementing resolutions of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on military-defense missions and take a close watch on the local situations in order to promptly deal with any unexpected circumstances.
Translated by Trung Thanh