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

Chairing the conference from the Hanoi bridge point were 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, the Coast Guard Political Department. Also attending were representatives of central ministries, branches, the Coast Guard Political Department and the bridge point of 28 coastal provinces and cities.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province 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 born 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. More and more good propaganda models and effective and vivid implementation methods of the Coast Guard Law in localities have appeared; press agencies and telecommunications enterprises have also actively participated 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 implementation practices, 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 unanimously recommended 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 yellow cards 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 people to enhance understanding, build trust as a basis for carrying out defense foreign affairs 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./.