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The press meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Director of the Department of Political Education and Information Senior Colonel Tran Ngoc Anh, Deputy Director of the Institute of Military History Senior Colonel Duong Hong Anh, and Head of the Information and Education Commission of the Nghe An provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thi Thu Huong. According to Senior Colonel Duong Hong Anh, the seminar will clarify the Politburo’s and the Central Party Committee’s guidelines, direction, and leadership over the preparation for and Vietnam’s coordination with Laos and Cambodia in the campaign. The role of the Central Military Commission in protecting strategic localities and the flexible and creative application of the Command of the Xieng Khouang - Plain of Jars Defensive Campaign will be also discussed. The special solidarity between the Vietnamese and Lao people against common enemies will be highlighted. The event aims to clarify the sound leadership and strategic vision of the Politburo, … [Read more...] about Exhibition on Xieng Khouang – Plain of Jars Defensive Campaign to be held in May

The ceremony saw the participation of nearly 200 veterans from many cities and provinces across the country. During the ceremony, generations of Division 338’s veterans recalled the traditions of the division. In particular, Division 338 was founded on December 11, 1956 (descendant of units operating on the Southern theater in the resistance war against the French colonialists). At present, the division is stationed in Lang Son and Bac Giang provinces. The division is responsible for training officers and reserve force, defense and economic development in Bac Giang province and five border districts of Lang Son province, including Loc Binh, Dinh Lap, Cao Loc, Trang Dinh, Van Lang. Currently, 128 veterans in Lam Dong province have worked for Division 338. Therefore, the establishment of the liaison board aims to promote production and business activities, conduct more meaningful activities in the time ahead, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and beautifying … [Read more...] about Liaison board for veterans of Division 338 established

The event was attended by Chief of the Vietnam Coast Guard Command Major General Le Quang Dao, Deputy Head of the Military Youth Advisory Board Colonel Nguyen Duc Cuong, and Chairman of the People’s Committee of Duy Tien town Pham Hong Thanh. The contest drew the participation of 68 high school students in the areas. The program aimed to raise public awareness of information about national sea and islands, as well as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, the Law of the Sea of Vietnam 2012, and the Law on the Vietnam Coast Guard 2018, among others. The activity contributed to building patriotism and raising people’s responsibility for the cause of protecting national sovereignty over sea and islands, strengthening solidarity among troops and students, youths, teachers and the locals. Concluding the contest, the organizing panel presented eight awards and certificates of merit to outstanding students. On the sidelines of the event, the military … [Read more...] about Information on sea and islands disseminated in Ha Nam province

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien attends the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting in Phnom Penh on May 17. (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnam will host an annual meeting of the ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) this September. The announcement was made by Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien who is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) and the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM+) in Phnom Penh from May 17-18. Addressing the meeting, Chien said the organisation of ADSOM and ADSOM + enables participating countries to have a chance to share ideas on issues of mutual interest. Vietnam is currently developing a document guiding the implementation of placing the ASEAN flag next to the national flag at the military units of ASEAN member states participating in UN peacekeeping operations, the head of the Vietnamese delegation said, adding the … [Read more...] about Vietnam to host ASEAN peacekeeping meeting in September

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the Party and State always consider ethnic affairs a strategic task in the country’s revolutionary cause, while receiving a delegation of reputable people from ethnic minority groups in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on May 17. Attention is always paid to the implementation of socio-economic and cultural development projects and ensuring of defence and security in the ethnic-populated and mountainous areas in a bid to raising the local living standards, Phuc stressed. Tuyen Quang is home to more than 20 ethnic groups, with the minority ethnic minorities accounting for 56.7 percent of the province’s population. The number of reputable people in these communities, who have made significant contributions to the local growth, security and order, amounts to 1,119. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the ethnic guests pose for a group photo … [Read more...] about President meets ethnic minority delegation from Tuyen Quang