Motivation to help officers and soldiers of Naval Region 5 uphold the spirit of firmly protecting the southern sea

Động lực giúp cán bộ, chiến sĩ Vùng 5 Hải quân nêu cao tinh thần bảo vệ vững chắc vùng biển phía Nam

Naval Region 5 Command's ship formations train at sea. (Photo: Provided by Naval Region 5)

Over the past five years, the emulation and reward work and the "Determined to Win" emulation movement of the Naval Region 5 Command have closely followed the resolutions and directives of the Navy Party Committee and the instructions of the superior agencies. The Region has implemented the emulation and reward work and the "Determined to Win" emulation movement extensively, comprehensively, with focus, key points, in the right direction, closely following the situation, tasks and activities of the troops; linking the emulation movement with the implementation of campaigns at all levels and sectors, truly becoming a revolutionary action movement; being the driving force to encourage cadres and soldiers to enthusiastically compete, unite and strive to excellently complete the key political tasks, build a clean and strong Party organization, a revolutionary, disciplined, elite and modern Regional Command.

Agencies and units have focused on educating officers and soldiers to have a correct understanding of the situation, tasks, partners and subjects; to enhance political mettle, high determination, and absolute loyalty to the Party, the Fatherland and the people. Officers and soldiers in the entire region always clearly identify their assigned responsibilities and tasks; are ready to accept hardships and sacrifices to firmly protect the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

Officers and soldiers of units of Naval Region 5 Command practice landing. (Photo: Provided by Naval Region 5)

From 2019 to present, the Naval Region 5 Command has organized more than 1,200 trips of ships and boats to carry out patrolling, reconnaissance, patrolling, managing, protecting the sea, searching and rescuing and performing assigned tasks; participating in 11 joint patrols with the Royal Thai Navy, 22 joint patrols with the Royal Cambodian Navy, contributing to strengthening solidarity, friendship, mutual understanding and trust, building a peaceful and stable Southwest sea in the new situation...

The region has performed well the task of patrolling, controlling and preventing fishing boats from illegally exploiting seafood, without reporting and without regulations; excellently completed the task of rescue, participating in fire fighting, preventing and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and floods in the area.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Huu Thoan, Political Commissar of Vietnam People's Navy Region 5 and Vice Admiral Mey Dina, Commander of Ream Sea Base, Royal Cambodian Navy, exchanged a memorandum of understanding on joint patrol activities. (Photo: Provided by Navy Region 5)

The emulation movement "Determined to Win" has been closely combined with the emulation movement "Excellent training, strict discipline", creating a great driving force to encourage and motivate officers and soldiers to promote initiatives, improve models and teaching aids, consolidate training grounds and training grounds to bring about practical results. Training work always adheres to the motto "Basic, practical, solid", synchronous and in-depth training, mastering weapons and technical equipment, close to the target, close to the battlefield, taking the task of protecting sovereignty over seas and islands as the training goal; combining military training with political education, building discipline, training discipline; strengthening practical training, drills according to plans; successfully completing many new and difficult training contents...

From the emulation movement, agencies and units in the Region have had many typical models such as: "Smoke-free ships", "Regular, exemplary ships", "Youth duty crew", "Learning one law every week"... Thereby, contributing to preventing and minimizing the risk of violations of law and discipline, especially serious cases, and ensuring absolute safety for the unit.

The emulation movement “The Army Logistics Sector Follows Uncle Ho’s Teachings” of the Region has encouraged soldiers to uphold the spirit of self-reliance, self-improvement, and actively increase production. Despite the remote island conditions, harsh climate and weather, officers and soldiers have overcome difficulties, ensuring vegetables and some food for soldiers, with many effective models such as: “Increasing concentrated production and specialized cultivation”; the model of “Gardens, trellises, and cages” at radar stations, etc.

Officers and soldiers of Naval Region 5 Command evacuate people and property during the historic flood in 2019 on Phu Quoc Island. (Photo: Provided by Naval Region 5)

The emulation movement to build and manage regular barracks "Green - Clean - Beautiful" is maintained regularly, encouraging soldiers to promote internal strength to consolidate barracks from agencies to units with clear progressive changes. Deeply engrave the teaching of President Ho Chi Minh "Doctors must be like kind mothers", the movement "5 good military doctors" is always respected by all levels, especially the work of managing, nurturing and taking care of soldiers' health, the number of healthy soldiers reaches 98.84% or more.

The entire Region has promoted its internal strength, carried out preservation, maintenance, and repair of ships, motorbikes, and technical equipment. Some items were implemented for the first time, saving the State budget billions of VND, promptly meeting the tasks. Many models and initiatives have been researched and applied to improve the features and efficiency of technical equipment such as: Initiatives and improvements to mobile radar on cars; improvements to Bigeyes optical sights; Marins inertial navigation system data converters... Every year, the technical coefficients of ships, vehicles, and weapons of all types have reached and exceeded the target by 7-10%; for many consecutive years, the Region Command has been recognized as the leading unit in the "Keep well and use durably" movement of the Army Corps.

The working group of the Naval Region 5 Command disseminated legal knowledge, presented national flags and life buoys to fishermen in the southwestern sea. (Photo: Provided by Naval Region 5)

Promoting the achievements and results that have been achieved, in the coming time, the Party Committee and the Command of Naval Region 5 will continue to lead, direct and organize the implementation of the emulation movement "Determined to Win" in a practical, effective and extensive manner; closely combine the "Determined to Win" emulation movement with promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle and movements and campaigns of all levels and sectors; aim the emulation target at successfully completing the political tasks of the unit; build, foster and replicate advanced models; encourage, motivate and develop new models and methods of doing things with high efficiency... creating a stronger driving force to build a comprehensively strong Region, a clean and strong Party Committee, firmly protecting the southwestern sea and islands of the Fatherland in the new situation.