Nghe An trains people in air defense work

Colonel Tran Van Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command and Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Air Defense Steering Committee attended and delivered a speech assigning tasks to the class. Photo: Quang Phong

Attending the training course were members of the Provincial People's Air Defense Steering Committee, representatives of departments, branches, and localities.

During the 2 days (April 9 and 10), the team of instructors trained the following contents: Some documents directing the people's air defense work of the Central, Military Region and Province in the past time; The position and role of people's air defense work in the cause of building and protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam today; Activities of people's air defense work in defense zone exercises and people's air defense exercises; Instructions on drafting the People's Air Defense Plan of departments, branches, sectors and districts, cities and towns.

The 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun squad of Regiment 764 practices river crossing. Photo: Hoang Long

Speaking at the training course, comrade Huynh Thanh Dien emphasized: “People's air defense is an important content in building the all-people national defense, a part of people's war on the air front; to proactively prevent, avoid, fight back and overcome the consequences of enemy air attacks; contribute to maintaining political security, social order and safety, and preserving national airspace and sea.

Therefore, members participating in the class need to study seriously, grasp the content correctly and fully, as a basis for organizing grassroots training and implementation in the coming time."

Vinh City rehearses the evacuation of a part of the population from the key air defense area in the 2017 Nghe An Province Air Defense Exercise. Photo: Phong Quang

Realizing the position and importance of people's air defense, over the years, Nghe An province has paid attention to propaganda to raise awareness of people's air defense for cadres, party members and people; directing localities to effectively apply the content of people's air defense in defense area drills at all levels.

Typically, in the 2017 Nghe An Province Defense Zone exercise, Vinh City was directed to effectively evacuate a part of the population to avoid the initial enemy fire, and organize air defense forces to counter the enemy's air attack...