Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc: "Peace should be fought for/The country will last forever"

According to the head of the Government, proactively building a strong defense zone in peacetime also simultaneously implements the policy of "protecting the country when it is not yet in danger".

Co-chairing the online conference was General Ngo Xuan Lich - Politburo member, Minister of National Defense, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission.

There were 63/63 provinces and cities nationwide and many military units participating in the online conference. Chairing the Nghe An bridge was comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation. Also attending was comrade Tran Van Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command. Photo: Dao Tuan

Promoting potential to serve national defense and security tasks

According to the report of the Central Military Commission, after 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW, important results have been achieved. The activities of the Party Committee, Military Region Command, Party Committees, Military Agencies, local departments, branches and organizations have met the requirements of the defense zone's tasks in peacetime and wartime.

The leadership and direction mechanism for building the defense zone's activities is increasingly perfected, gradually operating smoothly, synchronously, and flexibly at all levels.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh chaired the bridge in Nghe An. Photo: Dao Tuan

All levels and sectors have focused on closely combining economic development with strengthening national defense and security, especially in planning and implementing socio-economic development projects. The potential and strength of the defense sector have been increasingly built and consolidated.

The work of building and developing a contingent of cadres, party members, and young intellectuals for work in remote, border, sea, and island areas has been focused on. All levels have well organized national defense and security education for 47.1 million people of all subjects.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Dao Tuan

Localities have paid attention to investing budgets to ensure military, national defense and defense areas.

Industry accounts for an increasingly high proportion in the economic structure, agriculture is shifting in the right direction with modern, sustainable development and application of science and technology, increasing productivity and quality.

The transportation and healthcare networks have developed synchronously, comprehensively and increasingly strongly. The focus on building and developing science and technology and information technology has contributed to enhancing the national defense and security potential...

Continue to mobilize combined strength to protect the country

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that through the presentations at the conference as well as the articles of the delegates on the task of building the defense zone, the role of the people's hearts and minds, the significance of socio-economic development, science and technology in the current strategy of maintaining national defense - security and protecting the Fatherland were shown.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the in-depth summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW has a particularly important strategic significance in order to continue affirming 3 contents:

First of all, building a solid defense zone is the correct policy of our Party and State in people's war.

Second, this is the high development of the Vietnamese people's art of war in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

Thirdly, building a strong defense zone is a proactive strategy to protect the Fatherland and mobilize combined strength when the country is not yet in danger.

These are important contents in building national defense and people's security to meet the requirements of the new period in order to continue consolidating the country's position and strength.

View of the bridge in Nghe An. Photo: Dao Tuan

Over the past 10 years, the Central Steering Committee, directly the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense have led and directed all levels and sectors to seriously implement the Party and State's policies and strategies on building defense zones. Vietnam has achieved many important results, the awareness and responsibility of the entire Party, the entire army, and the entire people have been raised; the system of mechanisms, policies, and laws has been gradually improved.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that in the coming time, the Ministry of National Defense, all levels, sectors and localities will continue to thoroughly and effectively implement Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW. Focus on building a solid defense zone in terms of potential, forces and posture.

Image during a defense zone exercise in Nghe An. Photo archive

Continue to develop and implement policies to protect the country while it is not yet in danger, prevent risks from afar; proactively prevent and defeat the plots and tricks of hostile forces, contributing to firmly protecting the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national construction and development.