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President requests more efforts to address non-traditional security challenges

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, has requested the council’s members and agencies to promote their role in ensuring the country’s defence and security, and actively prevent and cope with both short-term and long-term non-traditional security challenges.
President requests more efforts to address non-traditional security challenges ảnh 1President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also Chairman ofthe National Defence and Security Council, has requested the council’s membersand agencies to promote their role in ensuring the country’s defence andsecurity, and actively prevent and cope with both short-term and long-termnon-traditional security challenges.

Chairing the first session of the council in the 2021-2026tenure on December 7, President Phuc stressed the need for a close combination betweendefence-security and diplomacy, promoting defence and security diplomacy, andsafeguarding the Fatherland early and from afar.

The army, public security and related forces need to continueto closely coordinate to effectively implement the guidelines and directions ofthe Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the Government and the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control to ensure the motto ofsafe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of the pandemic, he said.

President requests more efforts to address non-traditional security challenges ảnh 2President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) and members of the National Defence and Security Council in the 2021-2026 tenure (Photo: VNA)
It is important to grasp the situation related to economicsecurity of Vietnam and the world, promptly give consultancy to Party and State leaderson guidelines and policies to restore post-pandemic socio-economic development, the President stressed.

Regarding the task of participating in UN peacekeeping operations, the State leader asked the army to study and expand the number ofparticipants and target areas, and the public security force to promote trainingto send officers and soldiers to UN peacekeeping missions.

He also urged the continued implementation of cybersecurity and cyber warfare measuresand the strict settlement of wrong and distorted information against the Party and State./.
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