General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the VPA General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defense, attended the event and, authorized by the State President, presented the order to the Office of the General Staff.
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General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the VPA General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defense, addressing the ceremony |
In his commemorative speech, Major General Tran Tuan Hung, Chief of the General Staff’s Office, recalled that only five days after the General Staff was established, on September 12, 1945, the first Chief of the General Staff, General Hoang Van Thai, decided to found the Office to coordinate with other agencies and assist the Commander-in-Chief in leading and commanding the armed forces. Throughout the resistance wars against French colonialists and U.S. imperialists, the Office successfully fulfilled its functions, promptly supporting the General Staff leaders in command and operational direction, thereby contributing to the national struggle for independence and freedom. In peacetime, the Office has continued to uphold its traditions, strictly implementing Party’s guidelines and State’s policies, proactively advising, drafting documents, and proposing measures for the General Staff to manage, command, and accomplish all military and defense tasks.
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On behalf of the State President, General Nguyen Tan Cuong presents the first-class Fatherland Protection Order to the Office of the General Staff. |
Speaking at the event, General Nguyen Tan Cuong praised and congratulated the Office on its achievements over the past 80 years. He urged the Office to further grasp and strictly implement the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies and laws on military and defense tasks; improve advisory quality; effectively draft and manage the General Staff’s plans; accelerate administrative reforms and digital transformation; and emulate to excellently accomplish all assigned missions, contributing to building a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modernized military.
General Nguyen Tan Cuong emphasized that special attention must be paid to selecting, training, and fostering the staff, officers, and soldiers of the Office to ensure a politically steadfast, competent, and professional workforce, always capable of successfully fulfilling all assigned tasks.
Translated by Trung Thanh