MND meets with N.A. deputies in the military

Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense General Phan Van Giang chaired the event.

At the meeting, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan briefed delegations on the global and regional situations which are directly related to military-defense tasks and discipline and law observance in the military over the past time.

General Phan Van Giang chairs the meeting.

The Department of Legal Affairs also reported the agenda of the 15th N.A.’s eighth session, draft laws to be considered, opined, and approved in this session; results and progress of MND-written draft laws to be submitted to the N.A. for consideration and approval in 2024; MND’s draft laws to be submitted to the N.A. for approval of being built in 2024 and started writing in 2025; as well as draft laws related to military-defense and cipher.

The Department of Personnel under the General Department of Political Affairs reported on the draft Law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Law on the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Officers (also called Law on Officers) to be submitted to the N.A. for consideration and approval, while Chief of the Air Defense - Air Force Service delivered a report on the draft Law on the People’s Air Defense and proposals and suggestions; the Search and Rescue Department under the General Staff briefed on the draft Law on Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue; and the General Department of Logistics reported on contents related to the MND in the N.A.’s draft resolution on piloting the implementation of commercial housing projects through land use rights agreements or existing land use rights, to name but a few.

In his remarks, General Phan Van Giang underscored several key contents in the 15th N.A.’s eighth session and required the N.A. deputies in the military to heighten their responsibility; carefully study the contents of draft laws and draft resolutions to be submitted to the N.A. at this session; and give practical and high-quality opinions to the N.A.’s draft laws and resolutions.

The defense minister noted that N.A. deputies should strictly observe the N.A.’s regulations, military discipline, and promote their role to contribute to the success of the session.

Translated by Quynh Oanh