The President presented the Decision to appoint the Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

President To Lam presents the decision to appoint Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet as Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army. Photo: Nhan Sang/VNA

President To Lam chaired the ceremony, attended by Comrade Luong Cuong, Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat; Comrade Le Minh Hung, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Commission; General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; along with leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, and representatives of leaders of departments, ministries and branches.

At the ceremony, President To Lam presented the Decision to appoint the position of Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and presented flowers to congratulate Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet.

On behalf of the leaders of the Party, State, and Central Military Commission, President To Lam congratulated Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet on being appointed by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the position of Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

President To Lam assessed comrade Trinh Van Quyet as an excellent cadre of the Party, State and Army, who was trained, trained and tested through many leadership and command positions at all levels in the Army. In all his positions, he always demonstrated his steadfast and firm political will, pure revolutionary ethics, a sense of responsibility and working capacity, and successfully completed all assigned duties and tasks.

The President said that receiving the appointment decision is a great honor for comrade Trinh Van Quyet, a shared joy for the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and the people's armed forces; at the same time, it demonstrates the trust and concern of the Party, State and People for the Army and the people's armed forces; the recognition and appreciation of comrade Trinh Van Quyet's contributions and dedication to Party work and political work in the army in recent years.

The President asked Comrade Trinh Van Quyet to continue promoting the glorious tradition of the General Department of Politics and the heroic Vietnam People's Army, upholding revolutionary ethics, being absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the People, wholeheartedly serving the Fatherland and the People, always studying and following the ideology, morality and style of President Ho Chi Minh; striving to be worthy of being an exemplary leader, excellently completing all assigned tasks, actively contributing to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland in the new situation.

President To Lam and comrades in the Central Military Commission - Ministry of National Defense congratulate Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet. Photo: Nhan Sang/VNA

The President emphasized that the cause of building and defending the socialist Fatherland is facing a very glorious future, but it also faces many difficulties and challenges. In the world, peace, cooperation and development are still the major trends, but the situation continues to evolve in a complicated manner, with many factors that are potentially destabilizing and difficult to predict. Hostile and reactionary forces are vigorously implementing the strategy of "peaceful evolution" to eliminate the leadership role of the Party and the socialist regime in our country, plotting to depoliticize the people's armed forces. In that situation, the task of building and defending the Fatherland, in addition to very basic advantages, is facing new, more difficult and complicated challenges, requiring the Vietnam People's Army in particular and the people's armed forces in general to focus on unifying ideology and action; Constantly improve overall quality and fighting strength, worthy of being a loyal and trustworthy political and fighting force of the Party, State and People.

President To Lam asked comrade Trinh Van Quyet, together with comrades in the Central Military Commission and the General Department of Politics, to be proactive, sensitive, and grasp the situation in all aspects to advise the Party and State to lead the successful implementation of military and defense tasks according to the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress of the Army, to build an all-people national defense, an all-people national defense posture associated with an increasingly strong people's security posture; to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and gradually modern Vietnam People's Army, creating a solid foundation, striving to build a modern Army by 2030; worthy of the trust and responsibility assigned by the Party, State, and People.

In addition, the President also requested Comrade Trinh Van Quyet and the leaders of the General Department of Politics to actively take care of building Party committees, Party organizations, and the People's Army to be truly clean and strong, associated with building a comprehensively strong "exemplary, typical" unit. Pay attention to educating, training, fostering, and training cadres and soldiers in the entire army to modernize people according to the motto "people first, guns later"; exemplary in political qualities, ethics, organization, discipline, scientific knowledge and military level, having good health, ready to receive and excellently complete all assigned tasks, building a contingent of Army cadres in the spirit of "7 dares" (dare to think, dare to speak, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, dare to innovate, dare to face difficulties and challenges, dare to act for the common good) that Comrade General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized at the 6th Central Military Commission Conference; Worthily continuing the tradition of the heroic Vietnam People's Army and the sacred, noble title "Uncle Ho's Soldiers" in the new era.

Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, delivered a speech accepting the assignment. Photo: Nhan Sang/VNA

Honored and proud to receive the Decision to appoint him as the Chief of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army from President To Lam, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet expressed his deep gratitude for the attention, leadership, education and training of the Party and State, directly from the Central Military Commission, the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense; the support of central ministries, branches and sectors; localities; people nationwide and officers and soldiers of the entire army over the past years.

Speaking at the ceremony to receive the assignment, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet emphasized that this is not only an honor and pride but also a new and extremely heavy responsibility that the Party, State, Army and People trust and entrust, and at the same time, it also demonstrates the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party and State; the support of the Central Committees, ministries, branches, localities and people nationwide for the Vietnam People's Army and the General Department of Politics throughout the 80-year process of building, fighting, winning and growing.

Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet affirmed to thoroughly grasp the direction of the President; be absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the People; together with the Central Military Commission, the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and the General Department of Politics, proactively research and advise the Central Party, the State and the Government in directing the good implementation of military and defense tasks, contributing to the successful implementation of the task of building and protecting the socialist Fatherland in the new situation.

In addition, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet pledged to continue to strive, cultivate, train, and preserve the revolutionary ethics, prestige, and honor of cadres and party members; actively study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style, and the revolutionary ethical standards of cadres and party members in the new period; and be ready to receive and complete all tasks assigned by the Party, State, Army, and People.

Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet expressed his hope that the Vietnam People's Army will continue to receive the attention, leadership, direction and facilitation of Party and State leaders, the coordination of central ministries, branches and localities, and the support and consensus of the people to better fulfill its tasks in the coming time.

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