Comrade Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, President, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Armed Forces, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Council, attended and directed the ceremony.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, and Permanent member of the Secretariat and Head of the Central Organization Commission Truong Thi Mai sent congratulatory flower baskets.
Also attending were Politburo members: Phan Dinh Trac, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission; General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Cuong, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.
Party Central Committee members: Tran Luu Quang, Deputy Prime Minister; Le Khanh Hai, Head of the Office of the President; Le Hoai Trung, Head of the Central External Relations Commission.
Party Central Committee members, Deputy Ministers of National Defense: Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh. Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
Also attending were leaders of central and local departments, ministries and branches; former leaders of General Department II; representatives of leaders and commanders of agencies and units in the Army; veteran revolutionary cadres, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces of the Vietnam National Defense Intelligence Service.
Throughout the process of building, fighting and growing, the National Defense Intelligence Service has always been absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland, the Army and the people; always relied on the people, stayed close to the enemy and constantly progressed, excellently completed assigned tasks, and made great contributions to the cause of national liberation and reunification in the past as well as the cause of building and defending the Fatherland at present.
In particular, recently, Defense Intelligence has continued to develop steadily, achieving many outstanding achievements in performing its tasks; directly, effectively and efficiently serving the implementation of high-level foreign affairs activities of the Party, State and Army leaders, contributing to enhancing Vietnam's prestige and international position, directly contributing to the cause of protecting the Fatherland from early on and from afar.
In recognition of these important contributions and dedications, the Party and State have awarded the First Class Military Exploit Order to General Department II; the Director General of General Department II; and the Military Exploit Order and Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister to a number of collectives and individuals of General Department II.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Vo Van Thuong congratulated and commended the achievements that officers, employees and soldiers of General Department II have made in recent times.
The President affirmed: The National Defense Intelligence Service always thoroughly grasps and seriously implements the advice of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: "In any circumstances, we must strengthen our National Defense Intelligence Service, strengthen the country's strategic intelligence service", and in fact, the National Defense Intelligence Service has become stronger by one step. The Party, the State and the President himself always place full trust in the Vietnam National Defense Intelligence Service.
To continue the glorious tradition, worthy of its special important position and role, and successfully fulfill the important responsibilities assigned by the Party, State, Army and people, the President requested that in any circumstances or conditions, General Department II must always adhere to the principle of the Party's absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of Defense Intelligence; regularly pay attention to maintaining flesh-and-blood ties with the people; improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of Party organizations, and pay attention to building a contingent of cadres and Party members equal to the task. Grasp firmly and apply flexibly and creatively the Party's viewpoints and guidelines in performing tasks.
Defense Intelligence needs to continue to perform well its role as the strategic intelligence agency of the Party and State and the specialized military intelligence agency of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense; effectively and efficiently serving the leaders of the Party, State, Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defense and departments, ministries, branches and localities in assessing and assessing the situation, determining policies and strategies and handling situations, avoiding being passive and surprised; always worthy of being the "eyes and ears" of the Party, State and Army.
General Department II needs to continue to synchronously deploy solutions to enhance potential, consolidate intelligence posture in the direction of "truly professional, refined, compact, effective and functional", striving to build a modern General Department of Defense Intelligence by 2030. Preserving the nature and fine traditions of revolutionary intelligence soldiers, focusing on building a team of intelligence officers with steadfast, steadfast political will, absolutely loyal to the revolutionary cause of the Party, the Fatherland and the people; having comprehensive capacity and knowledge, increasingly meeting the requirements of tasks.
The President believes that under the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party, which is regularly and directly led by the Central Military Commission Standing Committee; the management and direction of the Minister of National Defense; the coordination and support of departments, ministries, branches and localities; with its glorious history and tradition, along with its existing potential and strengths, Vietnam's Defense Intelligence will increasingly grow and mature, excellently completing all assigned tasks, always worthy of being an important and especially trustworthy force of the Party, State, Army and people.
NGOC HAN - TUAN HUY
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