During the meeting, Gen. Tan expressed delight that veterans’ associations at all levels have stayed united, overcome difficulties, and actively coordinated and participated in building the Party and fighting schemes of hostile forces to protect the Party’s ideological foundation and the Fatherland, worked closely with agencies and units to effectively carry out the national target program on hunger eradication and poverty reduction.
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Sr. Lt. Gen. Phung Si Tan (sixth from the left) presents gifts to the Vietnam War Veterans’ Association. |
The deputy chief of the General Staff wished all veterans a happy New Year and hoped that they will continue to set examples people for troops in the whole military and young generation to follow.
The same day, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Nguyen Trong Binh visited, checked, and extended New Year greetings to the Da Nang municipal Military Command and its Standing Militia Flotilla, Song Thu Corporation of the General Department of Defense Industry, the Oil Spill Response Center of Song Thu Corporation, the Naval Region 3 Command and its Regiment 351.
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Lt. Gen. Nguyen Trong Binh talks with members of the Standing Militia Flotilla of the Da Nang municipal Military Command. |
Gen. Binh lauded the units for their achievements in performing their tasks and asked them to continue to review training work and practice scenarios, strictly maintain combat readiness status, closely follow situational developments, make recommendation, and propose measures to handle circumstances in a timely and effective manner, work together to ensure local political security and public order, make thorough preparations for training missions and the handover of enlistees, and hold happy and cozy New Year for troops.
* On January 26, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son led a delegation to visit the Can Tho municipal Military Command, Regiment 917 of Air Force Division 370, and Radar Station 50 of Regiment 294 of Air Defense Division 367.
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Lt. Gen. Pham Truong Son extends New Year greetings to troops of the Can Tho municipal Military Command. |
After praising the units for their achievements, Gen. Son asked them to well carry out education work to enhance troops’ awareness of and responsibility for their duties; hold happy and healthy Tet celebrations.
On the occasion, the General Staff leader handed gifts to units and wished troops happiness and successful accomplishment of missions.
Translated by Tran Hoai