Nghe An commends 20 individuals and groups in national defense work

On the morning of October 11, Nghe An province held a conference to review the work of building national defense for the period 2009 - 2019.The conference was attended by comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Secretary of the Provincial Agencies Party Committee.

Comrades: Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Colonel Tran Hai Binh - Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command co-chaired the conference.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Tien Hung

Speaking at the conference, Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha said that Nghe An is a province with an important strategic position in terms of economy, culture, society, national defense and security of the whole country. As a locality with a long revolutionary tradition, in the wars of liberation and the war to protect the Fatherland, it was both the frontline and the rear. This is the foundation for building a strong national defense posture and foundation.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa awarded Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee to individuals and groups. Photo: Tien Hung

During the period of 2009 - 2019, the political security, order and social safety situation was basically stable. However, Nghe An still faced some difficulties such as the economic growth rate was not commensurate with the potential and inherent advantages of the province; per capita income was still low; budget revenue and expenditure were still unbalanced. The quality of military and defense work in some localities, departments and branches did not meet the increasingly high requirements of the situation and tasks.... The above situation has impacted and influenced the results of building the national defense in the whole province.

Also in the past 10 years, local units have thoroughly grasped, deployed, built and carried out the military and defense tasks of the province quite comprehensively. The organization and implementation process has had centralized and unified direction. Localities and units have been active, proactive, creative, and organized many good models and new ways of doing things with rich and vivid content and forms. Contributing significantly to maintaining political stability and creating a favorable environment for socio-economic development....

Discussing at the conference, delegates also predicted that the world and regional situation will have new complex developments; the 4th Industrial Revolution will develop strongly, greatly affecting the structure and development of the world economy; major countries will continue to adjust their strategies, increasing their influence in the Asian region in general and Southeast Asia in particular; arms races, ethnic and religious conflicts, terrorist activities, separatism, the situation in the East Sea and non-traditional security issues have been and are threatening security and stability in the region.

The patrol team of Thong Thu border post crosses the forest to check the border markers and lines. Photo courtesy of Hai Thuong

However, in Nghe An, along the border, besides the advantages, there will still be many potential complications, the activities of all kinds of crimes, especially crimes related to drugs, human trafficking, counterfeit money, smuggling, and trade fraud will tend to increase; activities that take advantage of religion, ethnicity, democracy, and human rights to propagate against the regime; the situation of citizens illegally leaving the country, erratic weather, natural disasters, catastrophes, and illegal intrusion into the sea by foreign vessels are directly affecting and influencing the task of building, managing, and protecting the border.

From that situation, the conference set out many tasks and solutions to be implemented in the coming time, such as promoting the strength of the political system and the national solidarity bloc, building a strong political and economic national defense; Building a strong people's armed forces with comprehensive quality and high combat strength, as the core of building a national defense; Closely and effectively combining the task of socio-economic development with strengthening national defense, security and foreign affairs; strengthening cooperation with the border provinces of Laos. Doing a good job of preliminary, summarizing, evaluating, grasping the situation and making timely forecasts....

The conference also awarded Certificates of Merit from the People's Committee of Nghe An province to 11 collectives and 9 individuals with outstanding achievements in building national defense in the period 2009 - 2019.