The Navy awarded a Certificate of Merit to the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee for propaganda about seas and islands.

On the morning of October 25, in Cam Ranh city, Khanh Hoa province, the Navy held a conference to review 10 years of coordination in propaganda work on seas and islands between the Navy and 63 provinces, cities and 15 agencies and units (2009 - 2019 period).

Attending and directing the Conference were Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Comrade Le Manh Hung - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department and more than 400 leaders and delegates representing 15 central agencies, ministries, departments and branches; 63 provinces and cities nationwide. Photo: Sy Thanh

The delegation of Nghe An province was led by comrade Kha Van Tam - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department.

Over the past 10 years, thoroughly grasping and implementing the Party's resolutions and directives, the State's policies and laws, the Navy has worked with localities, agencies and units to comprehensively and synchronously deploy contents and solutions to promote coordination in propaganda and sea and island affairs to achieve quality and practical effectiveness.

Every year, the Navy coordinates with provinces to organize propaganda about the sea and islands for nearly 200,000 people; organizes more than 12,700 reporters from news agencies to visit and encourage officers and soldiers on duty at sea; penetrates reality, collects documents to write news and articles reflecting the activities of the Navy on mass media.

Navy leaders awarded Certificates of Merit to groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in coordinating propaganda work on seas and islands. Photo: Sy Thanh

The Navy organized 169 ships and 54 flights to pick up over 30,000 domestic delegates and overseas Vietnamese from 28 countries and territories to visit, give gifts, and encourage officers, soldiers, and people in Truong Sa archipelago, DK1 platform...

Delegation of Nghe An province took souvenir photos with officers and soldiers from Nghe An who were on duty on Truong Sa island in May 2019. Photo: Do ​​Luong

Speaking at the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia commended the results achieved; at the same time, he emphasized that in the coming time, it is necessary to regularly direct and orient propaganda work on seas and islands.

In particular, it clearly states Vietnam's stance, the legal bases, historical and practical evidence affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over the two archipelagos of Truong Sa and Hoang Sa and Vietnam's exclusive economic zones, as well as the policies and guidelines of our Party and State on the East Sea issue, and promotes foreign propaganda to make friends, tourists and international public opinion understand Vietnam's just stance...

On this occasion, the Navy awarded Certificates of Merit to 54 collectives and 32 individuals with outstanding achievements in coordinating propaganda work on seas and islands, in which Nghe An province was honored to have 1 collective, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, and 1 individual, comrade Kha Van Tam - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, receiving the award.

The delegation burned incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives to protect the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland. Photo: Sy Thanh

Before the conference took place, the Navy organized for delegates to offer incense to commemorate heroic martyrs who sacrificed to protect the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland; visit Cam Ranh International Port, Brigade 189, Brigade 162 of Naval Region 4 Command.

Sy Thanh