Military Region 4: 6 months, gathering nearly 400 martyrs' remains

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of July 19, the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the Military Region 4 Command held a military-political conference for the first 6 months of 2016.

Major General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee and Commander of Military Region 4 chaired the conference.

In the first 6 months of 2016, Military Region 4 deployed synchronously, in-depth, and comprehensively in all aspects of work; mobilized over 6,500 officers and soldiers and over 500 vehicles, motorbikes, and boats to help people fight forest fires, overcome the consequences of natural disasters, and conduct rescue operations; trained militia and self-defense forces for over 2,800 bases; organized 173 training courses on national defense and security knowledge for over 13,000 people; collected 393 remains of martyrs in Laos and domestically; and resolved policies for nearly 8,000 cases.

Steering Committee 1237 of Military Region 4 inspected the activities of the martyrs' remains collection team in Sam Neua district, Hua Phan province (Laos).

In the last 6 months of 2016, Military Region 4 continued to thoroughly grasp and strictly maintain combat readiness; closely coordinate with other forces, monitor and accurately forecast the situation; promptly and effectively handle situations occurring at the grassroots level; and well prepare forces and means to participate in preventing and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, and rescue.

Ho Viet