Over the past time, the Search and Rescue Department of the General Staff, along with relevant agencies, has completed preparations for the central report, reviewing the 10-year implementation of the CMC’s Resolution 689 on responding and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, catastrophes, and conducting search and rescue operations until 2020 and the following years, to be delivered at the conference. It has coordinated with the Military Broadcasting Center to create a video clip summarizing the implementation and make other preparations for the upcoming event. 

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Genenral Nguyen Tan Cuong speaks at the conference.

Speaking at the meeting, General Cuong directed the agencies and units assigned with the task to continue their cooperation in making preparations for the conference. To ensure the success of the conference, the Chief of the General Staff Nguyen Tan Cuong requested the Ministry of National Defense’s functional agencies to coordinate with relevant units and organizations to prepare thoroughly in all aspects.

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Agencies of the Ministry of National Defense  receiving instructions from the Chief of the General Staff

The defense leader also stressed the importance of advisory work and civil defense capabilities and reaffirmed the role and pro-activeness of the Vietnam People’s Army and the militia as the core force in carrying out disaster prevention, response, and rescue operations.

Translated by Tran Hoai