General Giang, member of the Party Central Committee, permanent member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defense Minister, made that request at a meeting with key leaders of Quang Ninh province on November 16.

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Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang (C) inspecting the Ha Long city Headquarters of the exercise 
General Giang led a delegation of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to check the preparation for the provincial-level defensive area exercise in 2017.

Before meeting with the provincial leaders, the delegation had a fact-finding trip at the Ha Long city Headquarters of the exercise and watched the provincial public security force’s rehearsal of arresting terrorists and rescuing hostages.

During the meeting, General Giang highly valued contingency measures of the local departments, organizations and authorities at all levels in preparing for the exercise and applauded the staff work of military and public security forces to help ensure the progress and high quality of the exercise.

The MND leader tasked MND functional agencies, the Party Committee and Command of Military Region 3 to continue to instruct closely the provincial armed forces on the exercise preparations to make it a success.

He also requested the provincial Military Command to complete equipment installation at the exercise location and other facilities at the combat base and the combined training ground while training the reserve, militiamen, self-defense force and other involved forces to ensure absolute safety during the exercise.

Translated by Mai Huong