Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has described education in security for senior officials as a very important and practical task in the new stage of development.

The Government leader made the point at the inauguration on March 9 of a training course for local senior military officers at the Hanoi-based Institute of National Defence .

“Education in national defence and security is of primary importance and practical significance, helping improve officers’ leadership and strategic thoughts in building an all-people national defence system incorporated with all-people security,” he emphasised.

He noted with satisfaction that the institute, with 30 years of experience in training senior military officers, has earned its reputation as a national leader in education, training and research on military arts, thus considerably contributing to national construction and defence./.