Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (front row, seventh from right) and delegates at the political-military conference of the army in Hanoi on July 5(Photo: VNA) The leader noted that in the first half of this year, the country encountered many difficulties and challenges amid the complicated andunpredictable world situation. In that context, the Party, the people, and the army comprehensively implemented many policies to realise the Resolution passed atthe 13th National Party Congress, while dealing with emerging and lingery issues.
Comprehensive and important results were achieved, includingstable socio-political situation, recovering economy, controlled inflation,ensured macro-economic balances, and managed bad debts and budget overexpenditure, he pointed out. Meanwhile, the Party building and rectification as wellas the corruption fight were effective, and the national security, defence andexternal relations strengthened, added the PM.
He highlighted contributions by the Vietnam People’s Army(VPA) in these achievements by showing strong performance in national defenceand production activities, completing all tasks assigned.
Along with effectively implementing and proposingmilitary-defence policies to the Party and State, the army has activelycoordinated with the whole political system and the people in building a strongpeople-based defence, while making important contributions to the country’ssocio-economic development, promoting its key role in improving thesocio-economic situation in far-flung and difficult areas, he said.
The Government leader hailed the VPA for improving its combativeness, firmly safeguarding the nation’s airspace, seas andborder, as well as its active, flexible and effective internationalintegration, and engagement in search and rescue activities inside and outsidethe country, especially during the earthquake disaster in Turkey.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the conference (Photo: VNA) He asked the VPA to further improve its forecastingcapacity, and provide more strategic advice to the Party and State in defenceand military areas, while giving flexible and effective response to particularsituations.
The PM requested the army to strictly manage theairspace, seas, border, national territory and cyberspace, enhancing the efficiencyin State management over defence activities, and paying greater attention to the personnel training work.
Noting that in the recent Central Military Commission’ssession, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasised the spirit of settinggood examples in the military Party Organisation and the whole army, PMChinh asked the VPA to specify the direction in its guiding documents.
The army should focus on developing a modern defenceindustry basing on the achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, while turning it into a strong force in socio-economic development andinfrastructure building, playing the core role in responding to naturaldisasters, incidents, as well as in search and rescue activities, andcoordinating with the People’s Public Security force to build and reinforce the“people-based battlefield”, he said.
The PM also underlined the need for the VPA to continue toactively, comprehensively and effectively conduct international integration anddefence external relations, affirming Vietnam’s “Four Nos” defence policy.
On the occasion of the 76th War Invalids and Martyrs’Day (July 27), he expressed deep gratitude to Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, martyrs, and Heroes of the People’s Armed Forces, as well as wounded andsick soldiers, relatives of martyrs, revolutionary soldiers jailed by the enemies,and families of those who rendered services to the revolution./.
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