General Phan Van Giang works with Vietnam Border Guard Command

The event was also attended by Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defense Minister General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Nguyen Quang Ngoc, and representatives from the Ministry of National Defense and the Vietnam Border Guard Command.

Minister of National Defense General Phan Van Giang chairs the event.

At the meeting, Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai, Commander of the Vietnam Border Guard Command, briefed delegates on a plan for the reorganization of border posts, stations, and provincial-level border guard commands, in order to effectively manage and safeguard national sovereignty and border security in the current context.

Accordingly, based on the restructuring project for a “elite, compact and strong military” and the re-organization of local military structures under the new two-level administrative system, the Vietnam Border Guard Command has coordinated with relevant military agencies to study draft documents on the organization of border posts and stations with suitable locations that ensure border protection and management missions and local socio-economic developments.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defense Minister General Nguyen Tan Cuong speaks at the event.

Concluding the working session, General Phan Van Giang directed the General Staff to instruct relevant agencies to thoroughly review and conduct field surveys of terrain and security conditions along the borderline, thereby adjusting and allocating border posts and stations in line with the Party’s and State’s organizational reform guidelines and the Central Military Commission’s roadmap for streamlining local military units.

General Phan Van Giang emphasized that the border guard force must continue to play a core role in defending national sovereignty and border security, promote patrols along the borderline, and effectively combat all types of crimes and illegal border crossings.

Translated by Chung Anh