General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong attends the military-political conference of the entire army.

The conference unanimously assessed that in 2018, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense led and directed the entire army to comprehensively deploy tasks; focusing on implementing 8 key tasks, creating strong changes in all aspects of work. Notably, regularly grasping, assessing and forecasting the situation correctly; proactively advising the Party and State on timely and effective countermeasures to handle situations, avoiding being passive and surprised; continuing to build and perfect military and defense policies and laws to meet the requirements and tasks of protecting the Fatherland in both the immediate and long term; submitting to the Politburo for promulgation the National Defense and Military Strategy; the Strategy for Protecting the Fatherland in Cyberspace and the Strategy for Protecting the National Border.

The entire army has performed well its core role in building the all-people national defense, the all-people national defense posture associated with the increasingly solid people's security posture; synchronously implemented many solutions to improve the overall quality and combat strength of the Army, meeting the requirements of the task of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation...

Speaking at the Conference, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary, President, and Secretary of the Central Military Commission Nguyen Phu Trong warmly welcomed and commended the achievements that the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and officers and soldiers of the entire army have made in the past year.

Analyzing the domestic, regional and international situation, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong pointed out: 2019 is of great significance in successfully implementing the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress and the socio-economic development plan for 2016-2020; the year to prepare for Party congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Party Congress. Many new policies and guidelines of the Party and State, including those in the fields of national defense and security, will be widely implemented.

The General Secretary and President hopes that the entire army will strive to fulfill the assigned targets and tasks. First of all, we must be constantly vigilant, grasp, assess and forecast the situation correctly, especially the complicated issues that arise; promptly advise the Party and the State on appropriate countermeasures, flexibly and correctly handle situations; resolutely not be passive or surprised; firmly protect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland.

The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense proactively advise, direct, and promote the combined strength of the whole country to build a national defense foundation associated with people's security; attach more importance to building solid defense zones in military regions and provinces and cities; effectively implement the policy of combining national defense and security with economy, economy with national defense and security, especially in strategic directions, key areas, borders, and islands.

The General Secretary and President especially noted that it is necessary to focus on building a politically strong army, absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the People; proactively, sensitively, and resolutely fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints; manifestations of opportunism, individualism, loss of confidence, ambiguity, and loss of vigilance; and not allow degradation, "self-evolution", and "self-transformation" within the organization. Continue to innovate, strengthen and improve the effectiveness of mass mobilization work, contributing to consolidating the great national unity bloc.

The General Secretary and President requested to continue to well implement Conclusion No. 16 of the Politburo on adjusting the organization of the Army in conjunction with implementing Resolution 6 of the 12th Central Committee on innovation and reorganization of the political system; emphasizing that this is a major, important and also very sensitive policy, when implemented, it will greatly impact all activities of organizations and the psychological, ideological and emotional state of officers, employees and soldiers in the entire army, closely linked to the army's combat strength.

The General Secretary and President stated: Be active, proactive, and determined in organizing implementation, but must be persistent, synchronous, and certain, closely learn from experience through each step of implementation, avoid subjectivity and haste; combine well ideological, organizational, and policy work, and maintain stability in the entire army.

The General Secretary and President pointed out that it is necessary to step up the building of strong, exemplary, and representative units with a healthy cultural environment, strictly maintaining discipline, not allowing negative and evils from outside to penetrate and impact the Army. In particular, it is necessary to build the image of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new period with typical characteristics in terms of political qualities, ethics, culture, organization, discipline, health, scientific knowledge and military level.

Continuing to thoroughly grasp the Party's independent and autonomous foreign policy, all levels of the military promote and improve the effectiveness of defense diplomacy, focusing on in-depth bilateral defense cooperation, promptly handling arising issues, contributing to firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, and national interests.

The General Secretary and President emphasized the need to continue building a clean and strong Party organization in the Army in terms of politics, ideology, organization and ethics; to maintain and strengthen the Party's absolute and direct leadership in all aspects over the Army. The Party organization in the Army must take the lead and set an example in implementing the Resolution of the 12th Central Committee, Session IV, and the Central Committee's policies and regulations on Party building and rectification.

The General Secretary and President reminded that it is necessary to build a scientific, innovative, focused, thorough, and resolute working method and style, combining words with actions, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility; strictly maintaining Party discipline; building a contingent of cadres at all levels, especially at the campaign and strategic levels, who are steadfast, steadfast, and exemplary in moral qualities and lifestyle, with a reasonable quantity, structure, and high quality, meeting the goals and requirements of building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and gradually modern army; proactively preparing well in all aspects for Party congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Congress of the Party.

On the occasion of the New Year and preparation for the Lunar New Year 2019, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong wishes all officers, soldiers, workers and defense officials in the entire army and the Militia and Self-Defense Forces nationwide good health, happiness and continuous progress.