Promoting tradition, building Nghe An armed forces to be strong and comprehensive

Overcoming difficulties and achieving many achievements

In the 2015 - 2020 term, implementing the Resolution of the 12th Provincial Military Party Congress, officers and soldiers of the province's armed forces have strived to overcome difficulties and challenges, constantly competed, achieved many outstanding and comprehensive achievements in all aspects of work, contributing to further enhancing the qualities and glorious traditions of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new era, the traditions of the heroic Soviet homeland.

In the context of complicated developments in the world and the region, there is a potential risk of instability. In the country and in the province, hostile and reactionary forces always take advantage of issues of ethnicity, democracy, human rights, environmental pollution incidents in the central region, and the situation in the East Sea to increase sabotage activities, promote "self-evolution" and "self-transformation". In addition, natural disasters, forest fires, and epidemics often occur... greatly affecting the lives of people in the province. The Provincial Military Party Committee has proactively advised the Party Committee and the government to lead and direct the successful implementation of military and defense tasks; build a strong national defense, a solid defense area to meet the requirements of the task of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation. Focus on improving the quality, qualifications, and combat readiness of the provincial armed forces to meet the requirements of tasks when situations arise. The quality of training and exercises has been improved, especially the training of new soldiers. The combat readiness regime and order were strictly maintained, closely coordinated with the police and border guards to promptly, effectively and legally resolve any arising situations, maintaining political stability in the area, especially during holidays and Tet... In particular, he chaired and advised the provincial Steering Committee to develop plans, solutions, and organize 34 points with the capacity to receive and quarantine about 17,000 people to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.

Mass mobilization work has been focused on throughout the army, many good and effective movements and models have been deployed such as "I love my Fatherland - giving the national flag to fishermen at sea", "Unity and love between Catholics and non-Catholics", "Military forces join hands to build new countryside"... The movements "Repaying gratitude" and "Drinking water, remembering its source" have been carried out regularly. Searches have been carried out and 422 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in the Lao People's Democratic Republic have been recovered and brought back to the country for burial. The above activities have left good feelings, contributed to building and consolidating people's trust in the Party, State, and Army, enhancing political and spiritual potential, and firmly establishing the people's hearts from the grassroots.

In addition, the leadership work to build strong and comprehensive agencies and units has been focused on and innovated. More than 83% of the subjects participating in political education and law dissemination have achieved good and excellent results; the work of ensuring the number of troops for units performing combat readiness, training, and performing A2 tasks has reached 95% or more, and 100% of agencies and units have achieved safety. Logistics, finance, and technical work has always been safe, complete, and timely. Inspection, legal work, administrative reform, and science and technology have been focused on. Military foreign affairs activities, especially with the provinces of Laos, have been carried out effectively, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the special friendship, solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos in the new situation.

The work of building Party organizations at all levels associated with the implementation of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII), studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle has been carried out seriously and effectively, the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization and Party organizations have been constantly improved. The rate of Party organizations and Party members completing their tasks well and excellently each year reaches 95.2% or more (up 6.2% compared to 2015).The Party Committee and the provincial armed forces always maintain the tradition of solidarity and stability, ensuring 100% absolute political safety.

The above results have significantly contributed to the overall development achievements of the province, notably the economic growth rate at a fairly high level, averaging 8.47% in the period 2016 - 2019, reaching 9.03% in 2019 alone; The annual budget revenue in the province has reached and exceeded the assigned estimate. The economic structure has shifted in a positive direction. Agriculture, rural areas and farmers have improved a lot, being a bright spot in the country in terms of the results of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction. Up to now, the whole province has 265 communes meeting new rural standards, accounting for 61.4% of the total number of communes, higher than the national average; 4 district-level units have met new rural construction standards. The cultural and social fields have achieved many positive results. Social security and people's lives are increasingly improved; National defense, security, social order and safety are ensured; Foreign relations were strengthened and expanded, leaving many good impressions with domestic and international friends.

In the coming time, the world and regional situation is forecasted to continue to have complex developments, with many unpredictable factors; non-traditional security issues have been and are posing new challenges. In addition, Nghe An is a large province with long land and sea borders, an important strategic position in the country, the socio-economic conditions of the province are still difficult, especially in mountainous and border areas, the activities of complex crimes... pose increasingly high challenges and requirements for the military and defense tasks of the province.