Lieutenant Colonel, Dr. Ha Son Thai from ScientificSocialism Department of the Academy of Politics under the Ministry of Defencesaid that together with his two previous books on a number of theoreticaland practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam andcorruption and negative phenomena combat, this freshly-published book completes the Party leader’ssystem of viewpoints on the relations between building socialism and protectingthe socialist Vietnam, one of the 11 major relations mentioned in the documentsof the 11th-13th National Party Congresses.
Particularly, the book was publicised in the context wherethe world and the regional situation is experiencing complicated andunpredictable developments, and the trend of peace, cooperation and developmentis facing huge challenges, while Vietnam is preparing to review the 10-yearimplementation of the resolution released at the eight plenary of the 11th Party Central Committee on the strategy on the protection of the Fatherland in thenew period, the expert said.
Thai underlined the significance of thebook in solving urgent matters and challenges as well as giving solutions tostrategic and long-term issues in the building of socialism and protecting theFatherland in particular and promoting peace, cooperation and development inthe region and the world in general.
The articles, interviews and speeches by Party General Secretary Trongintroduced in the book shows his dialectical thinking andstrategic vision of the military and national defence, he stated.
According to Thai, the book marks a development in theideology of the Party chief on military policies and the defence and nationalprotection strategy in the new period. At the same time, it is meaningful toall activities in the building and implementation of the military policy,defence strategy and national protection in the immediate and long-term future,as well as to the construction of a politically strong military in the newperiod.
The scholar described the book as a “handbook” for the wholeParty, people and political system, especially the Central Military Commissionand the Ministry of National Defence, in building a politically strong military.
It contains multi-faceted value that any military service, army, militaryacademy, or school can study and apply creatively in accordance with theirfunctions and tasks, Thai underlined./.