General Phan Van Giang - Minister of National Defense visited and worked at Division 324

The delegation included Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and representatives of leaders of a number of agencies of the Ministry of National Defense.

The leaders of Military Region 4 include: Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Commander of the Military Region; Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Military Region; and heads of agencies, departments and offices of the Military Region.

The leaders of Nghe An province include comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Phan Dai Nghia - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command and Party Secretaries of the districts: Do Luong, Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Con Cuong.

The leaders of Ha Tinh province include comrade Hoang Trung Dung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation.

Before conducting the inspection, General Phan Van Giang and the delegation offered flowers and incense to commemorate the heroic martyrs at the Martyrs' Memorial House, planted souvenir trees and visited the Division's traditional house.

In the first 9 months of 2024, the Party Committee and Command of Division 324 focused on leadership and direction to achieve many outstanding results in all aspects of work. Notably, the Division regularly disseminated and strictly implemented the directives and instructions of the Ministry of National Defense and the Military Region on combat readiness; coordinated with local Party committees, authorities and units of the Ministry stationed in the area to grasp the situation, handle situations well, avoid being surprised, contributing to maintaining political security, order and social safety.

The Division's agencies and units have done a good job of preparing for training; organizing training for the subjects according to plan. In particular, the organization of reception, management, training, and final inspection of "3 explosions" for new soldiers achieved high results and absolute safety. Exercises at all levels achieved the set goals and requirements.

The unit has conducted training on national defense and security knowledge for subjects in accordance with regulations; has many effective solutions in building discipline, managing discipline and ensuring safety in the army.

Division 324 has well implemented the coordination regulations in accordance with Decree 03 of the Government; mobilized hundreds of officers, soldiers, and vehicles to help people respond to and overcome the consequences of natural disasters and fight forest fires.

Through inspections by delegations from the General Staff, the Military Training Department, the Engineering Corps and the Military Region, the Division's combat readiness, training and exercises were assessed to have achieved good results; its participation in competitions and sports events at all levels achieved high results.

The Division regularly innovates political education and legal education with many good models, creative and effective methods. Regularly grasp, forecast, manage, orient and resolve well the ideological situation of the troops. Maintain the quality of the Emulation to Win movements, successfully organize the Emulation to Win Congress for the period 2019 - 2024 from the grassroots level to the Division level with good quality.

Organize well propaganda activities on important political events of the Party, State, Army and units; fight and refute wrong, hostile and opportunistic political views in cyberspace.

Division 324 also directed agencies and units to effectively carry out mass mobilization and special propaganda work; well implement the movement "Join hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses"; start construction of 2 comrade houses to support soldiers with difficult family circumstances; well implement the work of Army and Army rear policies; ensure good logistics, technical and financial work for missions...

Concluding the meeting, General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Minister of National Defense acknowledged and commended the results achieved by officers and soldiers of Division 324 in the first 9 months of 2024.

In the coming time, General Phan Van Giang requested the Division to strictly maintain combat readiness regimes; in peacetime, combat readiness training must be the central and continuous task; in particular, it must attach importance to non-traditional security training; strictly maintain the order of building regularity and training discipline.

Regarding logistics, the Minister of National Defense emphasized that the Division needs to plan its area and system scientifically and closely; and have effective solutions to improve the lives of soldiers. Regarding Party and political activities, it is necessary to promote the role of mass organizations.

According to the report of Division 324, the entire unit currently has 96 soldiers in difficult circumstances; many soldiers are children of families with preferential policies; 20% of officers and soldiers have houses... General Phan Van Giang requested Military Region 4 and the Division to continue to effectively implement the policy of caring, encouraging, and creating conditions for officers and soldiers to resolve difficulties; perform well the activities of the army's rear, create favorable conditions for officers and soldiers to work with peace of mind; contribute to the successful implementation of the Division's tasks.

General Phan Van Giang also thanked and hoped that the Party Committees, authorities and people of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces would continue to accompany and support Division 324 to successfully complete its tasks.

Previously, in Nam Dan district, General Phan Van Giang and his delegation offered incense, expressed gratitude and paid tribute to patriot Phan Boi Chau at the special national relic - Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site in Nam Dan town.

The Dong Du Movement of patriot Phan Boi Chau with the timeless thoughts of a Confucian scholar at that time changed the awareness of many young people, who had to study to renew their thinking, revive the spirit and intelligence of the people. It was this movement that laid the foundation for profound changes in our country in the early 20th century, contributing to the training of intellectuals ready to accept the path of proletarian revolution, many of whom later became key figures of the Vietnamese Revolution.

Next, towards the 56th anniversary of Truong Bon Victory, the Minister of National Defense visited and offered flowers and incense to commemorate heroic martyrs at Truong Bon National Historical Site, My Son Commune, Do Luong District.

During the resistance war against the US imperialists, National Highway 15A - where Truong Bon is located - was a particularly important strategic location, connecting the North - South traffic arteries. Truong Bon became the fire coordinate in the escalating bombings of the US imperialists in the North of our country to cut off the traffic artery transporting human resources and materials to support the Southern battlefield.

From 1964 to 1968, the US Air Force dropped nearly 19,000 bombs of all kinds and tens of thousands of missiles on Truong Bon, destroying 211 villages and hamlets along the route in an attempt to destroy Truong Bon and destroy the important traffic artery.

Here, 1,240 officers and soldiers fought bravely and heroically sacrificed; including the heroic sacrifice of 13 youth volunteers of the "Steel Squad" of the 317 Youth Volunteer Company, Team 65, the Youth Volunteer General Team against the US to save the country, Nghe An province on October 31, 1968.

Thanh Duy