December 02, 2017 | 20:24 (GMT+7)
Research on applying Ho Chi Minh’s defense thoughts to reality approved
PANO – The Defense Ministry’s Science Council, headed by Associate Professor Doctor Nguyen Dinh Minh, former Rector of the Political Academy, held a seminar on December 1 in Hanoi to evaluate and approve the defense-ministerial-level scientific research project “Applying Ho Chi Minh’s defense and military thoughts to building Vietnam’s defense policies, defense strategies and military strategies in the new period.”
Deputy-Defense Minister, Senior-Lieutenant General, Dr. Nguyen Chi Vinh is the chief researcher of the scientific research project.
At the seminar, Director of the Vietnam Institute for Defense Strategy, Lieutenant General, Dr. Nguyen Duc Hai, deputy-head of the research panel, briefed participants on the outcomes of the scientific research while participating scientists and experts discussed all aspects of the project and asked questions to the research panel.
The seminar then concluded that the scientific research project is theoretically and practically significant. It has reconfirmed the great values of Ho Chi Minh’s defense and military thoughts while pointing out scientific grounds for applying the thoughts to developing Vietnam’s current defense-military policies and strategies.
Participating scientists and experts agreed that the scientific research project will be very helpful to the Party, State, Central Military Commission, Defense Ministry and institutes in crafting military-defense policies and strategies in the current period.
The Defense Ministry’s Science Council highly valued the research outcomes, scientific values and applicability of the scientific research project. All members of the council agreed to give the highest grade to the project and approve it. But they also asked the research panel to amend the project in accordance to the conclusion of the seminar before proposing that the Ministry of National Defense to adopt it.
Translated by Thu Nguyen