Party General Secretary, President and Secretary of the Central Military Commission Nguyen Phu Trong (standing) chairs the commission's meeting in Hanoi on December 1 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Military Commissionheld a meeting in Hanoi on December 1 to review the implementation of militaryand defence tasks in 2019 and discuss the duties for next year.
The event was chaired by Party GeneralSecretary, President and Secretary of the commission Nguyen Phu Trong.
Officials at the meeting included by PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, member of the commission’s standing board; Defence MinisterGen. Ngo Xuan Lich, Vice Secretary of the commission; and head of the Party’sOrganisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh.
Participants shared the view that despitecomplex regional and global situations in 2019, the Central MilitaryCommission, the Defence Ministry and cadres at all levels have stayed united,actively grasped the reality, and upheld their sense of responsibility todirect the whole army to fulfill all assigned tasks, creating strongimprovements in defence and military work.
Defence diplomacy has been enhanced and reapedpractical results. The whole army has stayed united and steadfast, completelyput trust in the Party’s leadership and the State’s governance, remained closeto the people, and been ready to take on and fulfill every task, officialssaid.
Valuing the performance of the Central MilitaryCommission, officials and soldiers this year, Trong pointed out newrequirements in the military building, defence consolidation and nationalsafeguarding in 2020.
He requested the entire army to thoroughly graspand effectively implement the commission’s leadership resolution for 2020,noting that they need to make early forecasts, precise assessments and timelyproposals to the Party and State so as to successfully handle all military anddefence circumstances.
The whole army must ensure combat readiness;strictly manage the country’s airspace, seas, borders, inland territory, andkey and strategic areas; ensure safety for sea-based economic activities; beready to successfully deal with all circumstances; and further engage indisaster prevention and control, search, rescue, and environmental incidentsettlement, he stressed.
The top leader also ordered the Central MilitaryCommission and the Defence Ministry to make good preparations for all-levelParty congresses, pay more attention to the personnel work, and boostexamination and supervision to build an incorruptible and strong Partyorganisation of the army./.
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