January 08, 2017 | 20:30 (GMT+7)
MR 9’s retired senior officers gather
PANO - On January 7, in Can Tho city, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense held a get-together for retired senior officers of Military Region 9 (MR 9) under the chair of Deputy Defense Minister, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don.
Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don chairing the meeting
Present at the event were also Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Huan, former Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics; Lieutenant General Pham Hong Loi, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff; Major General Huynh Chien Thang, Political Commissar of MR 9; and retired senior officers living in the region.
Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don presenting gift to a retired senior officer
On behalf of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, General Don informed the attendees of major domestic and international political developments, socio-economic development, external affairs of the State and Party, and the implementation of defense-security missions over the past year; as well as plans for 2017 and the following years.
The deputy defense minister spoke highly of the retired officers' contributions over the past time to the military and local socio-economic development, saying that the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense would acknowledge their opinions and ideas, contributing to strengthening national defense and national construction.
Translated by Chung Anh