The event was attended by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, Military Region 3’s Commanding Officer and Head of the military region’s Steering Committee for the exercise Lieutenant General Nguyen Quang Ngoc, the military region’s Political Commissar Lieutenant General Nguyen Quang Cuong and representatives from Nam Dinh and other provinces and cities in Military Region 3.

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Secretary of the Nam Dinh provincial Party Committee Pham Van Tuc speaks at the event.

During the three-day event, participating forces will carry out different contents, including shifting the armed forces’ combat readiness postures to higher levels and the locality to a defense emergency state and preparing and conducting defensive operations.

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Delegates at the event

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Secretary of the Nam Dinh provincial Party Committee Pham Van Tuc affirmed the significance of the exercise which aims to raise the awareness of Party members, local people and armed forces of the building of whole-people defense posture and people's warfare. The event is also to augment leadership and administration capabilities of Party committees and authorities at all levels as well as coordination among forces, including the public security and border guard forces, agencies and organizations, in the mission.

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Senior Colonel Luong Van Kiem, Commanding Officer of the Nam Dinh provincial Military Command, addresses the event.

The defensive area exercise’s outcomes will help the province complete its long-term operational plan. It will also contribute to spoiling any schemes and plots of hostile forces and strengthening the combat power of the provincial armed forces.

Translated by Tran Hoai