Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh encouraged new recruits to join the army.

Delegates attending the 2024 military enlistment ceremony in Hoang Mai district.

The ceremony was attended by Central Party Committee members: Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi Military Service Council Tran Sy Thanh.

Presenting flowers of encouragement and sending wishes of good health to the new recruits leaving for military service, Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh and Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc To advised the new recruits to strive in all aspects during their time in the army, study hard, practice, strictly follow unit discipline, and excellently complete the glorious tasks assigned by the Party Committees, authorities and people of Hoang Mai district.

Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh presented flowers to encourage and send off new recruits to join the army. — Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh presented flowers to encourage and see off new recruits to join the army.

The leaders believe that through training and studying in the military and police environment, the new recruits will become soldiers with strong political will, promoting the heroic tradition of the previous generation, contributing to making Hoang Mai's youth famous.

Do a good job of preparation

In 2024, Hoang Mai district was assigned by the City Military Service Council to select and call up 116 citizens (91 military and 25 police) for military service. In the process of selecting and calling up citizens of military age (from 18 to 27 years old), 14 wards in Hoang Mai district proactively grasped personnel information. The Military Service Councils of the wards, through many forms, proactively encouraged young people to voluntarily participate in the medical examination, promptly and strictly handled acts and violations aimed at evading military service. In addition, localities also focused on implementing the military rear policy for young people preparing to join the army.

The Hoang Mai District Military Service Council has selected 124 young men to join the army (8 reserves), of which 57 young men volunteered to apply for military service. Before the day of military service, the Hoang Mai District Party Committee held a ceremony to admit 3 outstanding people to the Party, including Nguyen Duc Thang (Mai Dong ward), born in 2005, who just graduated from high school.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Tran Quoc To and Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh presented flowers to encourage new recruits.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Hoang Mai District Military Command jointly organized a meeting with young people ready to join the army in 2024 and organized an exchange program "Uncle Ho's soldiers - Pride from wartime to peacetime" with Colonel, Hero of the People's Armed Forces Le Duy Ung and 62 soldiers who were discharged at the end of 2023. The exchange program left a good impression on young people preparing to join the army.

Before the military enlistment day, the authorities and mass organizations of 14 wards organized meetings, presented gifts to local youth, and encouraged new recruits to demonstrate the sense of responsibility and duty of the young generation towards building and defending the Fatherland. According to records from localities, preparations for this year's military enlistment day were carefully carried out by the wards with many diverse activities, ensuring that the military enlistment ceremony took place solemnly, warmly, joyfully, in line with the meaning of a festival. New recruits leaving for military service this year all expressed the honor and pride of the young generation, their determination and readiness to join the army to fulfill their sacred duty to the Fatherland.

49 % volunteered to join the army

The Hoang Mai District Military Command coordinated with the units receiving the soldiers, coordinated with the wards in the assigned area, and prepared detailed conditions to carry out the military handover ceremony quickly and safely. Most of the people attending the ceremony were relatives of the new soldiers leaving for military service. They all highly appreciated this year's military recruitment work, which was carried out publicly, transparently, and in accordance with the law, creating peace of mind for families whose children were leaving for military service.

On behalf of 116 new recruits leaving for the army, Trieu Tuan Huy affirmed: it is an honor and a pride for us young people to join the military service, because performing military service is a small contribution to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the whole nation. The military environment is a challenge and the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers is always a shining example for all generations of Vietnamese youth to follow.

New recruits of Hoang Mai district step through the "Gate of Glory" to join the army.

Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of Hoang Mai District People's Committee Nguyen Minh Tam praised the Hoang Mai District Military Service Council and the wards for doing a good job of mobilizing young people to join the army, ensuring quantity and quality in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Military Service and the Law on People's Public Security.

In particular, Hoang Mai district has 57 young volunteers (49%) who wrote applications to join the army, 3 young people were honored to join the Party before joining the army and the police force. The Chairman of the District People's Committee suggested that when joining the army, they will always uphold the tradition of the capital's youth, study, train, overcome all challenges, constantly improve their moral qualities, revolutionary qualities, implement police and army discipline well, and complete their military tasks well.

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