February 02, 2023 | 19:57 (GMT+7)
General Staff reviews task performance in January 2023
PANO - The General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, on January 2, held a meeting, chaired by its Chief cum Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, to review its task implementation in the first month of 2023.
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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong chairs the event. |
The conference was attended by Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, and Major General Pham Truong Son.
In the previous month, the General Staff directed its affiliated units to strictly maintain combat readiness, grasp local situations and address arising issues, contributing to firmly protecting national sovereignty. They also closely worked with relevant forces; observed all directives of of the Secretariat, the Prime Minister and the Directive of the Minister of National Defense on combat readiness and well organized activities in celebration of the lunar New Year 2023 (Tet) with absolute safety.
During the Tet holiday, the General Staff extended greetings and inspected combat readiness in some military units, made good preparation for training work in 2023, mobilized troops in response to natural disasters and search and rescue missions in localities.
Concluding the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong hailed the achievements that the General Staff obtained over the past time, requesting them to continue to focus on the implementation of military and defense tasks in February.
The Chief of the General Staff also asked the General Staff’s chain-of-command to direct all affiliated units to grasp situations and be ready in any circumstances while strictly adhering to State law, military regulations and discipline, and ensuring traffic safety.
At the same time, the General Staff should prepare and issue documents on the upcoming enlistment drive as well as training plans for new recruits, and then establish missions to inspect training quality in several units.
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong requested military schools to effectively conduct enrollment of students and other education matters while tasking the Department of the Civil Self-Defense and Militia Forces to further contribute to building a strong militia force.
Translated by Minh Anh