Attending the conference were Major General Le Xuan Sang, Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department, General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

The central report and the presentations at the conference affirmed: Over the past 5 years, the Party Committee of Command 86, Party committees and organizations at all levels have focused on leading and directing the effective implementation of Resolution No. 35 of the Politburo. Propaganda and political and ideological education work, raising awareness among cadres, party members and the masses in the unit about the role and importance of protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints have been carried out with diverse and effective contents and forms.

Major General Nguyen Minh Thang spoke at the conference.
Delegates attending the conference.

The work of monitoring, detecting, handling, combating, preventing, and refuting false, hostile, and reactionary information has achieved good results. Units have focused on building and training methods and skills for information combat for forces, proactively participating in the fight against and refuting false and hostile viewpoints. The coordination with forces, agencies, and units in implementing Resolution No. 35 has become increasingly smooth and close. Thereby, the quality and effectiveness of protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against and refuting false and hostile viewpoints in recent years have been increasingly improved, contributing to maintaining political security and social order and safety. At the conference, the presentations focused on assessing the results, some limitations, causes, and solutions.

Delegates of Command 86 attended the conference.

Leaders of Command 86 awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives with outstanding achievements in implementing Resolution No. 35.

Concluding the conference, Major General Nguyen Minh Thang praised the unit's achievements in implementing Resolution No. 35 in the past time. To enhance the effectiveness of protecting the Party's ideological foundation and combating erroneous and hostile viewpoints in the coming time, Command 86 determined: Continue to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement directives, resolutions, plans and instructions of all levels on protecting the Party's ideology and combating erroneous and hostile viewpoints in the new situation. Complete legal documents related to building and developing cyberspace and protecting the Party's ideological foundation. Step up propaganda and education to raise awareness of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thought, the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State for cadres, party members and people of all walks of life. Focus on educating patriotism, Uncle Ho's Army traditions and life skills so that each cadre and employee clearly identifies their responsibilities in effectively implementing Resolution No. 35.

Agencies and units need to be proactive in researching and developing equipment and tools; exploiting and effectively using information technology applications in screening and detecting negative information. Deploying information surveillance and monitoring systems on the Internet and social networks to serve the task of propagating and protecting the Party's ideological foundation. Agencies and units focus on building, perfecting and developing core and specialized forces; perfecting and improving the quality of operations of Steering Committee 35; perfecting the coordination and cooperation mechanism between forces.

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