Continue to effectively implement the Project 'Propaganda and dissemination of the Law on Vietnam Coast Guard'

The conference was chaired from the Hanoi bridge by Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense; heads and leaders of the General Department of Politics, the General Staff - Ministry of National Defense, the Border Guard Command, and the Coast Guard Political Department. Also attending were representatives of central ministries, branches, the Coast Guard Political Department and the bridge from 28 coastal provinces and cities.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference at Nghe An bridge. Also attending were representatives of the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, departments, branches and People's Committees of coastal districts and towns.

After 5 years of implementing the Project, from a newly-issued law that is not yet known to many people, the Coast Guard Law together with the Coast Guard force is the legal basis and support for fishermen at sea. There are more and more good propaganda models, effective and vivid implementation methods of the Coast Guard Law in localities; press agencies and telecommunications enterprises also actively participate in propagating and spreading the regulations and roles of the Coast Guard Law in life...

At the conference, along with the assessment of outstanding results, from practical implementation, ministries, branches and localities also frankly pointed out a number of shortcomings, limitations and problems.

On the basis of receiving recommendations and proposals from localities and ministries, on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong concluded and agreed on the plan to submit to the Prime Minister and the National Assembly Standing Committee on continuing to extend the implementation period of the Project. In the coming time, based on the requirements of the tasks in the new context, the conference agreed to recommend that the implementation of the Law on Vietnam Coast Guard should focus on the following tasks and solutions: closely coordinate with departments, ministries, branches and localities to continue to synchronously deploy policies and solutions to propagate and disseminate the Law on Vietnam Coast Guard to cadres, party members and people in 28 coastal provinces and cities; improve coordination efficiency, and at the same time, strengthen the compilation and printing of propaganda and dissemination materials on the Law on Vietnam Coast Guard.

Integrated organization withFisheries Law propagandaand regulations on combating IUU fishing; EC recommendations on the yellow card for fisheries; diversifying forms of propaganda; effectively coordinating with news agencies to increase the duration of propaganda on protecting sovereignty over seas and islands, combating IUU fishing, and not violating fishing in foreign waters; enhancing exchange and cooperation activities between the Vietnam Coast Guard and countries in the region, actively implementing exchanges with the people to enhance understanding, build trust as a basis for implementing defense diplomacy activities; promoting the application of digital transformation to improve the quality of dissemination of legal education and the Law on the Vietnam Coast Guard...

(Excerpt from the report at the meeting)

On this occasion, the Ministry of National Defense and the Political Department of the Vietnam Coast Guard announced the commendation decisions and proposed the Prime Minister to commend collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in implementing the Project for the 2019-2023 period./.