At a working session in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, the leader highlighted achievements Vietnam has recorded over the past time thanks to joint efforts, with macroeconomy stabilized, major economic balances ensured, and inflation controlled.
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National Assembly (N.A.) Chairman Tran Thanh Man visits Military Region 9 Command. |
Party and State leaders have paid due attention to defense and military affairs in localities, he said, adding that the fight against corruption and other negative phenomena has also made progress.
The N.A. Chairman hailed forces in Military Region 9 for their significant contribution to the defense and military work.
The military region encompasses the 12 Mekong Delta localities of Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, An Giang, Kien Giang, and Can Tho city.
Stressing the military region’s strategic position, Man asked the Party Committee to continue popularizing resolutions, conclusions, and directives of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, while raising the efficiency of defense diplomacy.
It is a must to keep a close watch on the situation, and give timely forecasts and proposals to the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, and coordinate with all-level Party Committees and local authorities in handling emerging issues, he said.
The forces should play a more active role in poverty reduction, new-style rural area building, socio-cultural development, natural disaster prevention and control, climate change response, and search and rescue operations, the leader continued.
He urged the military region to team up with other relevant forces and local authorities in the crime combat, and work to foil plots by hostile forces.
The top legislator also stressed the need to pay more heed to the material and spiritual life of officers and soldiers, especially those working in border and island, and disadvantaged areas.
On this occasion, Man presented gifts to officers and soldiers who are wounded soldiers, and children of martyrs, wounded soldiers and those who rendered services to the nation.
Source: VNA