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General Ngo Xuan Lich speaking at the event |
In his opening remarks, Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Secretary of the Party organization of the General Staff, said that the Party congress took place in the context that the whole Party, army, and people are exerting utmost efforts to achieve all the targets set at the 12th National Party Congress and obtain more achievements to mark important events. They include the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day, the Founding Day of the General Staff, the 11th Military Party Congress, and the 13th National Party Congress.
Tan said that over the past time, the Party organization of the General Staff had focused its leadership over its affiliated units’ organization of Party congresses while making thorough preparations for its 18th Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term. The Party Congress is an important political event that reflects the stance, brainpower, determination, and aspirations of Party members and troops to build a politically-, ideologically- organizationally-, and ethically strong Party organization, he added.
As the success of the Party Congress of the Party organization of the General Staff will greatly contribute to the success of the 11th Military Party Congress and the 13th National Party Congress, General Tan urged delegates to raise their sense of responsibility and give valuable ideas to the congress.
The political report delivered at the meeting revealed that in the last five years, the Party organization of the General Staff applied different guidelines and leadership measures to help agencies and units fulfil all set targets at the 17th meeting. Particularly, the Party organization embraced and predicted situations, so as to make recommendations for the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the Party, and State to issue strategic policies to deal with all circumstances. It also built plans to carry out military and defense strategies, consolidated the whole people's defense posture in association with the people's security posture, responded to natural disasters, conducted search and rescue missions, and prevented diseases, including COVID-19.
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Delegates at the Party congress of the Party organization of the General Staff |
In the next term, the Party organization will thoroughly embrace and effectively implement resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress as well as resolutions and directives of the Central Military Commission. It will promote its advisory role and proactively predict situations that might occur so as to cope with circumstances in a timely and effective manner, contributing to firmly protecting national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, the Party, State, people, socialism, and political security and a peaceful environment for development.
Speaking at the event, General Ngo Xuan Lich acknowledged and praised efforts and achieved outcomes of the Party organization of the General Staff in the last term. Mentioning impacts of international, regional, and domestic situations on the effectiveness of its task implementation, Lich asked the Party organization to thoroughly analyze all situations, so as to set suitable targets and develop suitable leadership guidelines.
The Defense Minister asked the Party organization to instruct agencies and units to study and implement directives, resolutions, guidelines, and viewpoints on military and defense missions. Lich urged the Party organization to focus its leadership on the consolidation of the whole people's defense posture in association with the people's security posture, consolidation of the combat strength of the army and militia forces, and the strict maintenance of combat readiness. It was also requested to contribute measures to raise the quality of enlistment work.
On the same day, the 19th Party Congress of the Party organization of the organs of the General Department of Politics ended successfully.
At the meeting, delegates contributed their ideas to the important documents to submit to the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress. The congress also elected a new executive board of the Party organization of the 2020-2025 period with 19 members and a 16-member delegation to attend the 11th Military Party Congress. The new executive board also held its first meeting to elect the Standing Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Inspection Commission of the Party organization, and its Chairman.
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Delegates at the Party Congress of the Party Organization of the organs of the General Department of Politics |
Highlighting the outcomes of the congress, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Politics Senior Lieutenant General Do Can called on its Party members to continue promoting the glorious tradition of the military-political sector, raising their sense of responsibility and self-reliance, and studying to fulfil all assigned missions, contributing to fulfilling all the set targets in the resolution of the 19th Party Congress. In the short-term, agencies and units under the general department should focus on fulfilling this year’s missions and promoting emulation movements to achieve good results to welcome the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress.
Translated by Tran Hoai