Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau, who is Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs and the ward council’s President, chaired the event.
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Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau speaking at the meeting |
According to Senior Colonel Tran Viet Nang, Head of the Military Youth Advisory Board and the ward council’s Vice President, the board has cooperated with the Department of Military Science of the Ministry of National Defense to urge specialized scientific councils to assess and mark participating projects in an objective and fair manner.
According to him, the 23rd edition has attracted the participation of 43 units with 616 projects, of which 600 projects are qualified to compete for the award. This year, the event has attracted the active participation of officers and youths from almost all units in the military.
The council evaluated that the quality of this year’s event increases compared to that of previous ones, proving the attraction and high efficiency of the event.
From April 10 to 20, the Military Youth Advisory Board and the Department of Military Science sent working delegations to check nominated projects. They evaluated that most of the participating projects have good quality and prove practical efficiency in terms of defense, security, socio-economic development. Many projects propose new technical measures on the basis of applying new digital technologies, biotechnology, new equipment, and digital transformation.
Working delegations also assessed that many projects feasible for training, combat readiness, education and training; management, maintenance, production, and upgrading of weapons and technical equipment; environmental protection and healthcare; natural disasters and disease prevention. Many of them suggest measures to raise the quality of ideological education, ethic training, and lifestyle building; prevent “peaceful evolution,” "self-evolution," and “self-transformation” phenomenon; firmly safeguard national sovereignty over sea and islands.
Most of the participating projects have been applied to units’ reality and proved effectiveness.
At the conference, delegates discussed and agreed to present the award to more than 300 projects and honor outstanding collectives with outstanding achievements in organizing and joining the award. They also proposed measures to enhance the quality of the upcoming awards.
Speaking at the conference, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau praised and highly appreciated the serious and responsible working spirit of relevant agencies and members of the Military Creative Youth Award Council and scientific councils.
He assigned the Military Youth Advisory Board to collecting delegates’ comments and promptly review and report to leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and the General Department of Political Affairs; cooperate with agencies and units to make thorough preparations for the awarding ceremony; complete essential awarding procedures; foster dissemination to attract more youths to the award.
Translated by Tran Hoai