Director of the General Department of Politics visits and works at Military Region 4

Working with the delegation of the General Department of Politics were Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Commander of Military Region 4; Major General Tran Vo Dung - Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of Military Region 4; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Command of Military Region 4.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong - Commander of Military Region 4 reported to the working delegation on the implementation of tasks in the first 6 months of 2018. Photo: Nguyen Duc Cuong

At the working session, Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong reported on the results of the implementation of tasks in four aspects of the Military Region in the first 6 months of 2018. Accordingly, the Party Committee, the Military Region Command and agencies and units have closely followed the Party and State's guidelines and policies on military, national defense and homeland protection tasks; Resolutions, directives and orders of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to focus on leading and directing the successful completion of military, defense and Party building goals, targets and tasks in the first 6 months of 2018.

Notably, the leadership and strict maintenance of combat readiness, rescue and relief; coordination with forces to monitor and grasp the situation, well implement Decree 77/ND-CP of the Government, promptly and effectively handle situations that arise, and avoid being passive or surprised.

Direct the Military Commands of the provinces to coordinate with the staff forces of the Provincial People's Committee to develop plans to protect economic zones, industrial zones and organize lessons learned in handling situations related to political security and social safety in the area. Direct the preparation of the 1-sided Command - Staff exercise at the 2 Military Region levels; the defense area exercise in Ha Tinh and Quang Tri provinces; the flood and storm prevention exercise, district-level search and rescue, anti-terrorism exercise; the live-fire exercise on sea targets, serving the entire army to visit.

New soldiers of Division 324 practice live-fire testing. Photo: Ha Huu Tan

Participated in joint training to ensure communication for A2 mission in the Military Region organized by the Ministry of National Defense, achieving good results. Actively coordinated with the Party Committees and authorities of 6 leading provinces to improve the effectiveness of the Steering Committees and Councils on defense zones, National Defense - Security education; built a national defense foundation, associated with the people's security posture, and built a solid defense zone.

The leadership has done well in political education, ideological orientation, and the fight against the strategy of "peaceful evolution", "self-evolution", and "self-transformation" within the Party, consolidating and maintaining the Party's ideological position in the Military Region's armed forces. Strengthening the emulation movement to win, associated with implementing Directive 05 of the Politburo and the Campaign "Promoting tradition, dedicating talent, worthy of being Uncle Ho's soldiers"...

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Cuong - Director of the General Department of Politics concluded at the working session. Photo: Nguyen Duc Cuong

Concluding the working session, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Cuong commended the achievements of the Military Region 4's armed forces in the past time, especially the 8 key tasks in 2018 proposed by the Central Military Commission, which were concretized by the Party Committee Standing Committee and the Military Region Command to closely match the situation and locality for effective implementation.

The Chief of the General Department of Politics also requested that in the coming time, Party committees at all levels in the Military Region Party Committee need to continue to uphold the principle of democratic centralism, educate, train, and build a strong political stance for officers and soldiers; the Military Region's armed forces need to heighten vigilance, strengthen solidarity, and coordinate effectively with other forces to grasp the situation, especially the situation in areas containing destabilizing factors, in order to handle them promptly and effectively, not to be passive in situations.

Continue to improve the quality of training, combat readiness, build discipline, and prevent serious and unsafe incidents from happening. Review the Resolution, grasp the internal situation, and assign responsibilities to effectively implement the remaining contents of 2018. Do a good job of military rear policy, defense diplomacy, administrative reform, and effectively carry out mass mobilization field trips, helping local people prevent and effectively overcome the consequences of natural disasters, floods, forest fires, etc.