Participating in the survey and inspection were leaders of Military Region 7 Command; leaders of the Provincial Party Committee and People's Committee of Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc provinces and leaders of a number of functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh and delegates surveyed in Bu Dop district, Binh Phuoc.

The delegation visited and inspected the following models: Border militia posts and residential areas adjacent to border militia posts in Thanh Hoa commune, Bu Dop district, cultural and sports facilities in Loc Khanh commune, Loc Ninh district, Binh Phuoc province and some models of permanent militia platoons in industrial parks, permanent militia companies, and militia force activities in Binh Duong province.

Delegates visited the cultural, physical training and sports facility in Loc Khanh commune, Loc Ninh district, Binh Phuoc.

Through surveys and practical inspections, Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh praised and highly appreciated the above models and affirmed that these are models that well concretize the Party's resolutions to combine socio-economic development with strengthening and consolidating national defense and security, building localities that are strong in economy, strong in national defense, and maintaining political security and social order in the area in the new situation.

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army also requested that local Party committees and authorities continue to pay attention to and support the armed forces of the provinces to complete the content of the above models so that the Ministry of National Defense can organize tours of the models of local defense work and militia and self-defense forces in Military Region 7 in the coming time.

News and photos: NGUYEN TUAN