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State President Luong Cuong reviews the guards-of-honor. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
President Luong Cuong described the academy as a shining example in scientific research, strategic advice provision, theory development, and enhancing the leadership, direction, and management capacity of the Party and State in national defense and security, helping to build the military, strengthen national defense, protect the Fatherland early and from afar, maintain political and social stability, and lay a solid foundation for the national construction and defense cause.
As the world is still facing unprecedented challenges, he assessed that after 40 years of renewal, Vietnam has achieved great and historically significant accomplishments, with its potential, position, and reputation increasingly elevated on the international stage. However, the nation is also confronting many serious difficulties and challenges that cannot be overlooked, including in the fields of military, national defense, and security.
Therefore, the President emphasized the need to regularly update knowledge on military science, especially modern combat methods, multi-domain operations, high-tech warfare, cyber warfare, and the theory and practice of national defense in the context of increasingly complex traditional and non-traditional security challenges.
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State President Luong Cuong speaks at the event. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
At the same time, efforts must closely align with the practical tasks of the country's military, defense, and security, tightly linking rapid and sustainable socio-economic development with firmly ensuring national defense and security in all situations, particularly during the process of reorganizing the two-tier local administration system.
Additionally, the State leader stressed the importance of enhancing scientific research, strategic advice provision, and development of Vietnamese military art. He called for thorough understanding and effective implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution 57 on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation; and maximize the country’s combined strength alongside the power of the times in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.
On the other hand, the academy needs to enhance the quality of its defense diplomacy activities and expand international cooperation, President Luong Cuong stated, noting that such cooperative activities should be diverse and closely integrated, combining the exchange and sharing of knowledge with promoting the image, position, and people of Vietnam, as well as its defense policy of peace, self-defense, and justice, so as to affirm the country’s resilience, intelligence, and reputation on the international stage.
Regarding leadership and direction in building the National Defense Academy into a strategically advanced, modern, and leading institution in the region with international reputation and influence, the President emphasized the necessity to develop its Party organization to be truly clean and strong, and exemplary in politics, ideology, ethics, organization, and personnel.
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President Luong Cuong and delegates tours the academy's Hall of Fame. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
The State leader expressed his confidence that the academy will excellently complete its tasks for the 2025-2026 school year, continue to be a pioneer in innovation in education and training, and build its image as a leading strategic academy in the region with international prestige, making important contributions to the national construction and defense cause.
Source: VNA