January 17, 2022 | 17:47 (GMT+7)
President inspects combat readiness for Tet in Military Region 5
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also Chairman of the National Defense-Security Council and Commander-in-Chief of the people’s armed forces, inspected combat readiness for the lunar New Year (Tet) festival at the Military Region 5 Command in the central city of Da Nang on January 16.
President Phuc praised efforts made by the Military Region 5, especially in assisting localities in socio-economic development and ensuring national defense-security.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at Military Region 5 |
He asked the Party Committee and High Command of the Military Region 5 to offer a warm Tet to soldiers, policy beneficiaries and poor households, especially those in mountainous, border and island areas.
Officers and soldiers of the Military Region 5 were also required to pay further attention to building and consolidating self-defense militia and all-people defense posture.
Synchronous measures must be adopted to build a politically strong force, with attention being given to political and ideological education, he said, adding that they must well perform defense external work and build a borderline of friendship, peace and cooperation between Vietnam and its neighboring Laos and Cambodia.
Source: VNA