Promoting the strength of the militia and self-defense forces in the new situation

On the morning of October 8, the Ministry of National Defense organized an online training conference at 181 locations nationwide for key officials at all levels inside and outside the military onLaw on Militia and Self-Defense Forcesand the Law on Reserve Forces.

Co-chairing at the Ministry of National Defense were Lieutenant General Ngo Minh Tien - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. In photo: Lieutenant General Ngo Minh Tien delivered the opening speech of the conference. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Lieutenant General Ngo Minh Tien - Deputy Chief of the General StaffVietnam People's Armyonce again affirming the role of the militia and self-defense forces in the cause of national liberation.

Specifically, during thousands of years of building and defending the country, in order to defeat invaders with many times more military potential and strength, our ancestors implemented many strategies such as "when war breaks out, all families are soldiers, when peace comes, we practice hiding soldiers in agriculture" and that strategy has become the identity in the organization of the people's armed forces and the military art of Vietnam.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh presided at the Nghe An bridge. Photo: My Ha

In the Ho Chi Minh era, that art was developed to a new level, which was to build a strong and widespread militia and self-defense force. A strong reserve force was the consistent policy of our Party and State throughout the process of leading the Vietnamese Revolution.

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army also mentioned the difficulties in the current period, especially when the world and regional situation continues to have complex and unpredictable developments. In the country, hostile forces are promoting the strategy of peaceful evolution, promoting the process of self-evolution, self-transformation, and sabotage against the Party, State and Army. In that context, the 8th session of the 14th National Assembly unanimously passed the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces and the Law on Reserve Forces, which took effect from July 1, 2020. These two laws have many new provisions that have fully institutionalized the Party's guidelines, policies, and viewpoints and concretized the 2013 Constitution, Vietnam's defense strategy, military strategy, national defense strategy, and national border protection strategy to meet the requirements of the task of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.

The Dien Chau District Militia and Self-Defense Force helps people clean up the coastal environment. Photo: MH

The Ministry of National Defense organized a training conference on the above two laws to introduce to the leading cadres at all levels inside and outside the military the basic content of the law and detailed documents regulating its implementation. Thereby, it will serve as a basis for agencies, organizations, units and localities to implement the law, ensuring unity, effectiveness, tactics and techniques nationwide.

At the training conference, Lieutenant General Ngo Minh Tien also asked the conference delegates to focus on studying and mastering the basic contents, especially the new developments of the two laws and regulations, and to discover problems and shortcomings arising in the implementation process. From there, to further improve the Party's leadership mechanism and the State's legal system on the militia and reserve forces.

The conference took place over one day, focusing on studying eight topics related to the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces, the Law on Reserve Forces and other documents.