Nghe An Provincial Military Command promotes propaganda work

On March 10, the Provincial Military Command held a conference to sign a program to coordinate the implementation of military and defense tasks with a number of central and local press agencies. Senior Lieutenant Colonel Phan Dai Nghia - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command chaired the conference.

Also attending were comrades: Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of the Journalists Association, Director of Nghe An Radio and Television Station; Ngo Duc Kien - Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; Lieutenant Colonel Ho Cong Linh - Editor-in-Chief of Military Region 4 Newspaper...

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Tien Hung

According to Colonel Nguyen Ky Hong - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, in the past time, the unit has closely coordinated with press agencies to do a good job of propaganda and mobilizing people to well implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws. Propagating military and defense tasks, encouraging children to join the army, preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, participating in the election of National Assembly and People's Council deputies at all levels; mobilizing ethnic minorities not to illegally cross the border, migrate freely, and illegally preach; religious people living"good life, good religion",... contributing to maintaining local political security.

“It can be affirmed that, over the years, the growth and development of the provincial armed forces has always been accompanied and assisted by press agencies on the media front. Especially, in times of danger, difficulty, hardship; times of floods, natural disasters, droughts, forest fires... whether in the plains or mountains, on the border, on islands or in remote villages, isolated areas, there are always reporters standing side by side with the officers and soldiers of the Nghe An provincial armed forces”, Colonel Hong emphasized.

Delegates sign the coordination regulations. Photo: Tien Hung

Speaking at the conference, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper Ngo Duc Kien said that propaganda work on the armed forces and military and national defense is one of the important tasks, given top priority. "In the coming time, Nghe An Newspaper will continue to devote a lot of time, resources, and personnel to continue to propagate this field extensively and through many means," said comrade Ngo Duc Kien, at the same time giving many suggestions to make propaganda content on the armed forces increasingly richer.

Assessing that there will still be many complicated developments in the province in the coming time, the conference agreed on many tasks to be deployed. In particular, focusing on key tasks such as; provincial and district defense zone drills in 2022; selection and calling of young people to join the army in 2023; results of building the all-people national defense, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture in the province and strengthening the national defense potential to protect the Fatherland in the new period; results of the provincial armed forces implementing national programs and goals for socio-economic development in remote, isolated, border, coastal and island areas associated with strengthening national defense, security and foreign defense, building a "people's heart posture" to create a solid foundation for building the provincial defense zone, meeting the requirements in the new situation; Results of building a comprehensively strong and "exemplary" agency and unit, building a grassroots party organization in the Provincial Military Party Committee to excellently complete its tasks.

Nghe An province's armed forces during a training exercise. Photo: Tien Hung

In addition, the conference said that the propaganda work in the coming time also needs to commend typical and advanced collectives and individuals in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style and performing military and defense tasks; mass mobilization work, participating in search and rescue, disaster relief, overcoming natural disasters; results of emulation movements, campaigns of the army, provincial armed forces and localities in the stationed area. Reflecting the foreign affairs activities of the provincial armed forces with the authorities, people, and armed forces of the provinces sharing the border with the Lao PDR. Propagating the results of mass mobilization work, military rear policy work, the work of searching, collecting, gathering, and burying the remains of volunteer soldiers and Vietnamese experts in Laos by the provincial armed forces. Fight against reactionary and erroneous arguments of hostile forces, build patriotism, and raise revolutionary vigilance among cadres and soldiers of the provincial armed forces and people of all ethnic groups in the stationed area.