President Thuong lauded the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) as well as the officers and soldiers of the whole military for the achievements they have made in 2023, contributing to concretizing the Party's policies and guidelines into the State's policies and laws on military and national defense, and meeting the requirements and tasks of protecting the Fatherland in the new period.
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Politburo member, President Vo Van Thuong on December 29 attends and delivers a speech at the whole politico-military conference in 2023. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
He asked the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to continue well performing the function of advising the Party and State on military and defense affairs, improving research and forecasting capacity, and having flexible and effective solutions to handle problems and avoid being passive or surprised.
It is necessary to continue to deeply grasp the policy of all-people defense disposition, people's warfare, and national protection in the new situation, with the viewpoint of relying on the people, and the people being the root, the center, and the subject, President Thuong stressed.
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President Vo Van Thuong, leaders of the MND, and delegates in a joint photo (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
The entire military must focus on improving the overall quality and combat strength, strictly maintain combat readiness, monitor and firmly protect the airspace, sea, border, inland, cyberspace and key areas, and firmly safeguard the country's sovereignty and territory.
The State leader underlined the need for the military to propose mechanisms, policies, and solutions to attract and train talents, and improve the quality of human resources to meet the requirements of building the military in the new situation.
Special attention must be paid to building a truly clean and strong Party Organization of the Vietnam People’s Army in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organization and personnel, President Thuong said, stressing the need to ensure the Party's absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the military.
The leader also required the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to exert greater efforts to improve the material and spiritual life of the officers and soldiers, especially in remote, border and island areas; and implement international integration and defense diplomacy concertedly, comprehensively, and effectively to ensure national interests at the highest.
Source: VNA