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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the National Unity Festival in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi on November 14, 2021. |
On the morning of January 1, 2016, Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, Party General Secretary and Secretary of the Central Military Commission, visited and worked with the Hanoi Capital Command, during which he referred to the working trip as a “homecoming.” Because it was like a “homecoming,” the Party leader directed the Hanoi Capital Command not to hold the formal welcome ceremony typically reserved for Party and State leaders. Instead, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong felt joyful and excited since he was welcomed by hearty handshakes of the Hanoi Capital Command’s officers and soldiers.
The “homecoming” used by the Party General Secretary was a humble but right word, demonstrating the close relationship between the Party leader and the capital’s armed forces. During the 2000-2006 period, as a member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee, he also held the position as the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Hanoi Capital Command, the highest leader of the city’s armed forces. Under his direct leadership, the Hanoi’s Military Party Organization (established in October, 1999) led the city's armed forces to excellently fulfill their assigned tasks.
While visiting the Hall of Fame of the Hanoi Capital Command, he demonstrated his comprehensive and profound knowledge about the one-thousand-year-old capital city by describing artifacts and photos of the city’s heroic traditions in detail.
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Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong plants a tree in Hamlet 5, Yen So commune, Hoai Duc district. |
During his intimate conversations with the officers and soldiers of the Hanoi Capital Command, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Politburo, the Central Military Commission, sent the best wishes to all officers and soldiers of the city’s armed forces on the occasion of the New Year 2016.
He congratulated and praised the city’s troops and people for the outstanding achievements in all aspects, contributing to maintaining public order and security in the area, strengthening the whole people’s defense posture coupled with the whole people's security posture, building a strong defensive area, safeguarding peace for the people of the capital city, and maintaining stability for development.
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Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong wrote on the guest book of the Hanoi Capital Command on January 1, 2016. |
The Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked officers and soldiers of the capital city’s armed forces to fully and deeply understand the significance and importance of the Fatherland protection mission in the new situation. Since Hanoi is a major center of politics, economy, culture, education, and training, protecting defense and security in the city is more important. He urged the city’s armed forces to absolutely obey the leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defense to ensure peace for the people and facilitate the development of the city.
Writing on the Hanoi Capital Command’s guest book, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong congratulated the city’s troops and people on their outstanding achievements. He was confident that the capital city’s armed forces would continue to uphold the traditions of Uncle Ho's soldiers, “Determined to sacrifice for the Fatherland,” actively study, train, build the strong and health Party organization and armed forces. The city’s troops and soldiers were encouraged to enhance political stance and their mastery of technical equipment and vehicles, well fulfill training and combat readiness missions, deserving to be the loyal and trustworthy combat force of the Party, State, and people.
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited and worked with the Hanoi Capital Command on January 1, 2016. |
Remembering and paying tribute to the eminent leader of the Party, State, and people, the officers, and soldiers of the Hanoi Capital Command pledge to study and train to excellently fulfill all assigned tasks, contributing to building and defending the capital city and the country.
Translated by Tran Hoai