Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army visits military and border forces in Nghe An

Also attending were heads of functional agencies of the General Staff, Ministry of National Defense; Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Commander of Military Region 4.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Major General Vo Trong Hai - Director of the Provincial Police.

On behalf of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command, there were Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander; Colonel Pham Van Dong - Deputy Party Secretary, Political Commissar.

On behalf of the Provincial Border Guard Command, there were Colonel Tran Hai Binh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Commander; Colonel Le Nhu Cuong - Political Commissar.

Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army visited and extended New Year greetings to the Military Command and Border Guard Command of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang and delegates listened to the commander of the Provincial Military Command report summarizing the results of the implementation of tasks in 2020, the direction and tasks in 2021 and preparations for the Lunar New Year 2021; the Provincial Border Guard Command reported on the situation of ensuring border security and sovereignty.

Over the past year, despite many impacts and difficulties, the two forces have successfully completed their tasks; done a good job of advising the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, and the Fatherland Front to coordinate well in performing local military and defense tasks; firmly protected the national border in the province; organized well the Party congresses at all levels; and done a good job in preventing and combating crimes, especially drug-related crimes.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and Provincial Police presented flowers to congratulate Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang on his appointment as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. Photo: Thanh Duy

The two military and border guard forces have coordinated with other forces to maintain political stability and social order and safety in the area; effectively prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic; thereby creating conditions for the province to focus on directing socio-economic development; effectively carry out training, combat readiness, unit building; help people, especially in natural disaster prevention and control...

Delegates attending the program of the General Staff delegation in Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Duy

On behalf of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang acknowledged and commended the results achieved by the armed forces of Nghe An province in 2020.

Regarding the 2021 tasks, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army requested that based on the achieved results, the forces need to promote and do better in advising superiors, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Provincial Fatherland Front Committee to create unity to well perform local military and defense tasks; protect border security, maintain political stability, and social order and safety.

In addition, the two forces need to thoroughly, closely and specifically grasp the combat readiness plan to focus on performing well the key task of protecting the organization of the 13th National Party Congress, the Lunar New Year, and the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term.

Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command reported on the results of the implementation of tasks in 2020 and the direction and tasks in 2021 and preparations for the Lunar New Year 2021. Photo: Thanh Duy

Colonel Tran Hai Binh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command reported on the situation of ensuring border security and sovereignty. Photo: Thanh Duy

The forces also need to prepare conditions to take care of and ensure that the soldiers can celebrate the traditional New Year of the nation happily, economically and with high combat readiness; especially, they must thoroughly grasp all aspects of work and have good ideological orientation...

Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang emphasized that the forces need to thoroughly grasp and continue to ensure discipline and order; build exemplary and typical Party organizations. On that basis, concretize closely with the unit situation based on the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the Party Committee of Military Region 4; build units that are elite in tasks, compact in organization, and strong in political ideology.

On this occasion, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army thanked the leaders of Nghe An province for their recent attention, leadership, direction, and creation of favorable conditions for the two military and border forces to perform their tasks well; and hoped that in the coming time, they would continue to pay attention and create favorable conditions for the two forces.

Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army delivered a New Year's speech and emphasized a number of key tasks of the military and border forces. Photo: Thanh Duy

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province thanked the affection of the Head of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff, and personally Huynh Chien Thang for the military and border forces of Nghe An province.

The Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province also informed the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and the working delegation about some outstanding results of the province in 2020 in the fields of socio-economy, national defense - security, Party building, and political system building in an extremely difficult context due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, especially for Nghe An, a province with a large area and long border...

In that context, with the unity and solidarity of the Party Committee, the government, the entire political system and the support of the armed forces, in 2020, Nghe An province carried out and completed its tasks in all fields with many positive results.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

The head of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee emphasized: To achieve these results, the province has received close coordination, support and special attention from Military Region 4. The provincial military and border forces have provided good advice to local Party committees and authorities in leading socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security.

On this occasion, on behalf of the Party Committee, government, people and leaders of the province, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee respectfully thanks Military Region 4, the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Border Guard Command for working with the Party Committee and government of Nghe An province to successfully carry out and complete the tasks in 2020.

To successfully carry out the tasks in 2021, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed that great efforts are needed from the entire political system, especially the province hopes to continue receiving the attention of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff and the support of Military Region 4; the participation of the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Border Guard Command.

Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang presented Tet gifts to the Provincial Military Command and the Provincial Border Guard Command. Photo: Thanh Duy

Requesting the two military and border forces to fully absorb and seriously implement the instructions of Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also requested that the two forces continue to promote the results achieved in 2020 to carry out the tasks in 2021.

In 2021, Nghe An will organize a defense area exercise in the province and some districts. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee expressed that the province hopes to receive attention from the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff, Military Region 4, and directly from the military and border forces of the province.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh - Commander of Military Region 4 presents Tet gifts to the Provincial Military Command and the Provincial Border Guard Command. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed: Nghe An province pledges to continue to care for and support military and border forces in all activities; especially pay attention to the regime and policies during the upcoming Lunar New Year for officers and soldiers on duty in difficult areas; at the same time, hopes to continue to receive the attention of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff, Military Region 4 together with Nghe An province and the forces to well perform the tasks of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in the province.

Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang and the delegation took souvenir photos with provincial leaders, the Provincial Military Command, and the Border Guard Command of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy