Awarding the decision to appoint the Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army

On the morning of June 3, at the Presidential Palace, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Armed Forces, chaired the ceremony to hand over the decision to appoint Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Also attending the ceremony were Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; representatives of leaders of central departments, ministries and branches, including: Central Party Office, Office of the President, Government Office, National Assembly Office, Central Organization Committee, Central Inspection Committee, Central Internal Affairs Committee, Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Defense and Security Committee of the National Assembly...

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented the decision to appoint Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense, to hold the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.

In his congratulatory speech and assignment of tasks to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized that Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong is a cadre with good political qualities and ethics, who has received basic training, training, and challenges through many working positions. In all assigned positions, Comrade Nguyen Tan Cuong has fulfilled his duties and responsibilities well.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc also noted that the cause of national construction and defense in the current revolutionary period poses a very heavy task for the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people, requiring the People's Army to always be under the absolute, direct, and all-sided leadership of the Party, and to be absolutely loyal to the Party, the State and the people. The armed forces, including the Vietnam People's Army, must continue to promote the tradition of Uncle Ho's soldiers, constantly raise vigilance, train to be ready for combat and fight victoriously, smash all enemy plots, firmly protect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland; maintain a peaceful and stable environment for the country's socio-economic development and the peaceful life of the people.

Regarding Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong personally, the President suggested that he continue to train his political and ideological qualities, be absolutely loyal to the Party, the State and the people; and work together with the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to do better in advising the Party and the State in leading and directing the improvement of training quality and combat readiness, ensuring that the Army always excellently completes the tasks assigned by the Party, the State and the people.

Speaking at the ceremony, expressing his sincere and deepest gratitude to the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, departments, ministries, branches and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc himself, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong affirmed that he will always be absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the people; strive to cultivate, practice, study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style; at the same time promise to continue to strive to study, practice to complete well and excellently the assigned tasks in each working position; promote the responsibility of setting an example for cadres and party members; maintain and promote the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers and the glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnam People's Army.