* Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Deputy Minister of National Defense, visited Coast Guard Region 1. He commended the unit's combat readiness and crime prevention plans for the 2026 Lunar New Year. Gen. Ngoc then urged the command to monitor maritime security closely, ensure logistics supplies, and organize a thoughtful Tet for troops.

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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Quang Ngoc visited Coast Guard Region 1.

* Senior Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai, Deputy Minister of National Defense, visited the Defensive Area Command Region 4-Ha Long and the authorities of Ha Long ward in Quang Ninh province. He emphasized pro-active situational management and welfare for policy beneficiaries, presenting 100 Tet gifts to local families.

* Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau, Deputy Minister of National Defense, visited the Can Tho Party Committee, former GDP Deputy Chief Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Huan, and a number of units under Military Region 9. He directed personnel to maintain high readiness during Tet, prepare for the 2026 training season, and facilitate the upcoming 16th National Assembly elections.

* Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To, GDP Deputy Chief, visited the Quang Ngai Provincial Military Command, the Defensive Area Command Region 1-Son Tinh under the provincial military command, and Ba Gia commune. He requested strict duty rosters and effective coordination with local authorities to support disadvantaged households, presenting 150 gifts to policy families alongside Military Region 5.

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Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To presents Tet gifts to the Quang Ngai Provincial Military Command.

* Senior Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh, GDP Deputy Chief, visited the Organ of the Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission, the Department of Organization, the Department of Military Internal Security Protection, and the Military University of Culture and Arts. He praised their achievements in 2025 and stressed the need for high-quality strategic advisory work and strict discipline.

* Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, inspected Brigade 144’s combat readiness. He noted the unit's detailed security plans for the Ministry’s headquarters and urged continued responsibility in protecting assigned targets during the holiday.

* Lieutenant General Nguyen Ba Luc, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, inspected combat readiness and preparations for the 2026 training year, and extended Tet greetings to Artillery Brigade 40, Engineering Brigade 7 under Army Corps 34, and Depot K897 under the General Department of Logistics and Technical Services. He also attended a ceremony conferring the title Hero of the People’s Armed Forces to Senior Colonel Dinh Xuan La, former Commanding Officer of Battalion 9, Regiment 66, Division 10; and posthumously conferring the title on Lieutenant General Pham Hong Son, former Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Central Highlands Front, and Major General La Ngoc Chau, former Political Commissar of Division 10, Army Corps 3 (now Army Corps 34).

Translated by Trung Thanh