At the event in Hai Phong city on October 28, the participants were briefed on the tradition of the region’s armed forces. In the resistance wars against French and American invaders, the armed forces of Military Region 3 were stationed in key strategic localities in Northern Vietnam and worked closely with regular, local troops and the militia force to boost information dissemination to enemy troops. They also joined thousands of battles, annihilated tens of thousands of enemy troops, and destroyed a huge number of enemy weapons and equipment. Their feats-of-arms importantly contributed to the resounding victory of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the great victory in Spring of 1975.
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General Ngo Xuan Lich presents the First-class Fatherland Protection Order to Military Region 3. |
In peacetime, they have always paid due attention to building comprehensively-strong forces with a firm political stance. They have also made recommendations on military-defense tasks to the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defense, contributing to firmly protecting national sovereignty and security over the borders, seas and islands.
In addition, they have promoted training, force-regularity building, combat readiness ability, and synergy while protecting the Party’s ideological foundation.
Addressing the event, Defense Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich highlighted the great contributions of the region’s armed forces to the national construction and protection cause despite the adversity they have faced.
General Lich asked the region’s armed forces to continue bringing into full play their glorious tradition and strength and try their best to fulfill their assignments.
He urged them to raise synergy and combat readiness ability, effectively deal with arising situations, and contribute to local political security, social order and safety as well as local socio-economic development.
The armed forces of Military Region 3 should coordinate with local forces to safeguard the national border and maritime sovereignty while building a politically-, ideologically-, organizationally-, and morally-strong Party Organization.
The forces were also requested to build its stationed localities into solid defensive areas and boost mass mobilization work.
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The Outpatient Department for High-ranking Officers under Central Military Hospital 108 receives the Third-class Fatherland Protection Order |
* The same day, on behalf of the State President, Sr. Lt. Gen. Do Can, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics, presented the Third-class Fatherland Protection Order to the Outpatient Department for High-ranking Officers under Central Military Hospital 108.
Over the past 20 years, the department has checked health and given treatment to nearly 1 million senior officers. In recent years, it has enhanced the care and treatment for high-ranking officers.
Delivering a speech at the ceremony, Director of the hospital Lieutenant General Mai Hong Bang applauded and spoke highly of the department’s personnel’s all-out efforts over the past two decades.
Gen. Bang asked the department to continue to implement its key political missions, improve its staff’s professional expertise, promote scientific studies, acquire more knowledge and apply new techniques to diagnosing and treating patients.
Translated by Chung Anh