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President Vo Van Thuong visits Army Corps 15

State President Vo Van Thuong on September 5 visited the Army Corps 15, which for nearly 40 years has been tasked with defensive strategies and building effective economic zones in the Central Highlands and southern Quang Binh.
President Vo Van Thuong visits Army Corps 15 ảnh 1State President Vo Van Thuong visits Army Corps 15 (Photo: VNA)
Gia Lai (VNA) - State President Vo Van Thuong on September 5 visited the Army Corps 15, which for nearly 40 years has been tasked with defensive strategies and building effective economic zones in theCentral Highlands and southern Quang Binh.

Major General Hoang Van Sy, Commander of the Corps, saidthat over the past years, it has effectively developed production andeconomic models targeting ethnic minorities and guided them on howto shift from outdated to new forms of commodity production.

Following policies and guidelines of the Party and State andregulations of the Ministry of National Defense, the corps has implemented foreign defensive affairs, and regularly organised visits and exchanges,and provided assistance in socioeconomic development to contribute to strengthening friendshipand cooperation between Vietnam and Laos and Cambodia, added Sy.

Speaking highly of the unit's outstanding development and growthin all aspects, Thuong said that it has helped turn a large amount of land withmany remnants of war into a large coffee and rubber growing area, thuscontributing to building a border of peace, cooperation, friendship anddevelopment.

President Vo Van Thuong visits Army Corps 15 ảnh 2State President Vo Van Thuong meets heads of villagers and people in Gia Lai province (Photo: VNA)
As the Central Highlands region holds a strategic position andis the roof of Indochina, the leader asked the army corps to continue grasping military and defense guidelines of the Party, the Central MilitaryCommission, and the Defense Ministry, the strategy for protecting theFatherland in the new situation, the Politburo resolution on socioeconomicdevelopment directions, and ensuring national defence and security in theCentral Highlands to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

He stressed the need for the unit to keep a close watch onthe situation and study forecasts, and proactively report to the CentralMilitary Commission and the Defense Ministry for timely directions to preventcomplexity in national defence, and implement the motto ofprotecting the Fatherland early, from afar, and safeguarding the country by preventing dangerous situations./.
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