Strive to fulfill the responsibility of the strategic staff agency, effectively and reliably assist the Central Military Commission.

( Bqp.vn ) - On March 25, 1946, President Ho Chi Minh signed Decree No. 34/SL regulating the organization of the Ministry of National Defense, including the Office and specialized departments. This is the first legal document defining the organization and staffing of the Ministry of National Defense and March 25 every year becomes the Traditional Day of the Central Military Commission Office - Ministry of National Defense Office (hereinafter referred to as the Office).

Since its establishment, the Office has gone through many historical stages, with different names (Office of the Central Military Commission, Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Office of the Central Military Commission, Office of the Central Military Party Committee, now the Office of the Central Military Commission - Office of the Ministry of National Defense). Regardless of the conditions and circumstances, generations of officers, employees and soldiers of the Office have always deeply imbued with the teachings of President Ho Chi Minh: "Office work is of special importance, helping leaders grasp the situation. If office officers grasp the situation incorrectly, leaders will handle the work incorrectly... so we must always improve our sense of responsibility, work capacity and keep secrets" [1]; highly promote our mettle, intelligence, strive to strive, and excellently fulfill the important responsibilities of a strategic advisory agency, an effective and trustworthy assistant to the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense; Building the tradition of "Absolute loyalty, solidarity, unity, dedication, creativity, and upholding principles", contributing with the entire Party, people, and army to achieve many glorious feats in the cause of national liberation struggle, building and firmly defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

On January 3, 2022, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, inspected combat readiness work at Division 367 (Air Defense - Air Force). In the photo: Major General Nguyen Viet Tuyen, Chief of the Office of the Central Military Commission - Office of the Ministry of National Defense (second from right) served the Minister of National Defense during his inspection at Division 367.

In the early days of its establishment, despite the lack of personnel, material and working facilities and the dispersed forces, the Office both improved its organization and immediately began to perform well its tasks of serving the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense in deploying all aspects of work; receiving, processing and archiving official documents and papers; coordinating with specialized agencies to help the Ministry of National Defense research and compile a series of decrees, determine the tasks of agencies and units, build national defense work, build the National Army and the People's Armed Forces, ensure organization, material, administrative affairs, and attentively serve many important conferences of the Party and the Ministry of National Defense.

During the resistance war against the French colonialists, the Office closely followed the battlefield, grasped the situation, advised and promptly served the General Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to lead, command and direct our army and people to promote guerrilla warfare; combined many forms and measures to fight the enemy, build and develop the armed forces, and enhance the combat strength of the Army. In particular, during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, a part of the Office directly led by the Chief of Office went to the front, serving the Campaign Command and the Commander, Secretary of the Front Party Committee Vo Nguyen Giap day and night; a part in the Viet Bac base fulfilled its duty to help the General Military Commission and the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense to urge and organize forces and materials to promptly support Dien Bien Phu; directed the battlefields, fronts, and armed forces in the three regions across the country to fight in coordination with Dien Bien Phu. Both departments have contributed worthily with the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people to create the Dien Bien Phu Victory that "resounded throughout the five continents and shook the world". Immediately after the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the Office proactively deployed many new tasks, with very urgent requirements to directly and promptly serve the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense in disseminating, thoroughly grasping and implementing the contents of the Geneva Agreement. At the same time, coordinate with the General Staff to complete documents for the Minister and Commander-in-Chief to make decisions on the organization and building of the Vietnam People's Army's forces, meeting the requirements in the new situation.

During the resistance war against the US to save the country, the officers, staff and soldiers of the Office did not hesitate to make sacrifices and hardships, closely followed the realities of the battlefield, regularly researched, forecasted, grasped the situation, proactively advised and proposed to help the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense draft documents, resolutions, and make decisions on leadership and direction of building the Army and consolidating national defense; closely coordinated with functional agencies to serve many important meetings and conferences of the Party and the Ministry of National Defense to discuss and decide on issues related to the guidelines and strategies of the resistance war; helped the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense advise the Party and the State on military and national defense guidelines and tasks; drafted and issued many resolutions and decisions on centralized and unified leadership and command for the fronts, battlefields and campaigns, promptly meeting the requirements of the resistance war; contribute with the whole Party, the whole people, the whole army to "fight to drive out the Americans, fight to overthrow the puppets", completely liberate the South, and unify the country.

Major General Nguyen Van Chinh, Deputy Chief of the Central Military Commission Office - Office of the Ministry of National Defense (third from right) serves the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense to inspect the general rehearsal of the first Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Border Defense Friendship Exchange Program, November 2023.

In the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, in response to the new requirements and tasks of the revolution and the cause of building the Army, the Office has gradually developed and matured in all aspects. Notably, on the basis of thoroughly grasping the political and military guidelines of the Party and the State, the Office has advised, proposed, and served the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to lead and direct the entire army to promptly change the military and defense strategy in the spirit of innovation. Actively coordinating with agencies and units in the entire army to advise and assist the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to propose to the Party and the State to decide on many important issues in the military and defense fields, on the Party's leadership mechanism for the Army and on the following aspects of work: defense diplomacy, force organization, logistics, engineering, defense industry, science and technology; judicial work, inspection, legislation, auditing and 1389 in the Army; Building a system of military schools and developing defense economic zones, military enterprises...

Major General Le Van Thuan, Deputy Chief of the Central Military Commission Office - Office of the Ministry of National Defense (second from left) serves the Ministry of National Defense leaders to inspect the investment project to build the barracks of Infantry Regiment 165 (Division 312), February 2023.

Coordinate and cooperate closely with functional agencies to advise and serve the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to successfully organize the Congresses of the Party Committee of the Army, celebrate major holidays of the country and the Army, the annual Military-Political Conference of the entire Army; successfully complete administrative service work and many other important and urgent tasks. In particular, coordinate with relevant agencies and units to do well all preparations and thoughtfully serve the Party Committee of the Army delegation to attend and make many positive contributions to the success of the Party Congresses. At the same time, constantly innovate and improve the quality of research, synthesis, consultation and proposal work; promptly monitor, inspect and urge the implementation of programs and work plans of the Central Military Commission, the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense; successfully complete the synthesis of the situation of military and defense task implementation of agencies and units in the entire Army and ministries, branches and localities; Prepare regular and ad hoc reports on all aspects of the Army's activities to the Party and the State; provide opinions on documents of the Party, the State and Committees, Ministries and branches on the field of national defense and security; draft specialized resolutions and annual resolutions of the Central Military Commission; review, supplement and complete directives and decisions; synthesize and complete conclusions of the Central Military Commission Standing Committee and the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense to promptly notify agencies and units for implementation; advise the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and leaders of agencies and units on state management by law in the military and defense fields, management, command and operation of the Army, build and perfect the legal system on military and defense; build, promulgate, review, systematize, inspect and process legal documents; codify the system of legal documents; consolidate legal documents; control administrative procedures; disseminate and educate about law; inspect and monitor law enforcement; manage law enforcement on handling administrative violations; implement laws on international treaties and international agreements; research and synthesize legal work... under the state management authority of the Ministry of National Defense.

Colonel Nguyen Duc Hai, Deputy Chief of the Central Military Commission Office - Office of the Ministry of National Defense reported at the working session of Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh with the Office of the Ministry of National Defense on the implementation of the Document Management and Operation System, March 2024.

As the Standing Agency of the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform and Digital Transformation of the Ministry of National Defense, the Office has advised the Steering Committee to comprehensively implement the contents of administrative reform, administrative procedure reform, build and apply the quality management system according to ISO 9001:2015 standards and carry out digital transformation according to the goals and requirements of the Government and the Ministry of National Defense; preside over and coordinate with agencies and units to review, synthesize, report and propose to competent authorities to issue documents on reform, simplify administrative procedures, and restructure processes for implementation in the electronic environment. At the same time, direct the Ministry of National Defense's Electronic Information Portal to effectively perform the functions and tasks of official information and communication of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on the Internet; integrate, share information, databases and perform online public services; Manage and operate the Ministry of National Defense's News Portal and websites, electronic information pages, and technical equipment systems, ensuring absolute safety; receive and coordinate timely handling of feedback and recommendations from organizations and individuals and respond to voters nationwide on the network environment in accordance with regulations. Receive and manage the operation of the Ministry of National Defense's Public Service Portal, connect with the National Public Service Portal and participate in the Government's assessment based on the Index of serving people and businesses in performing administrative procedures and public services in real time on the electronic environment (in 2023, the Ministry of National Defense will be ranked 1st/21 ministries and branches); implement the task of digitizing records and results of handling administrative procedures according to the plan of the Ministry of National Defense...

View of the 2023 Military Office Conference, deploying tasks for 2024.

As the leading agency of the entire army, the Office has advised and proposed to the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to issue many leadership and direction documents to gradually consolidate and perfect the organizational apparatus, clearly defining the functions and tasks of the entire army office system, effectively and promptly serving the leadership, direction, command and operation activities of Party committees and commanders at all levels; coordinating the opening of training courses on document and archive work at university and intermediate levels, meeting the requirements for training human resources for this field in the Army. Along with that, the Office also actively participates in scientific research; ensures adequate and timely facilities to serve the leadership, management and operation activities of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense; Promote the study and follow of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style, the Emulation movement "Determined to Win" and the Campaign "Promoting tradition, dedicating talent, worthy of being Uncle Ho's soldiers", major emulation movements and campaigns of the country and the Army; maintain and strictly implement the regime and regular order, take care of building a clean and strong Party organization associated with building a comprehensively strong "Exemplary, typical" agency, strong and excellent mass organizations, successfully completing all assigned tasks.

Major General Nguyen Viet Tuyen awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives with outstanding achievements in the 2023 Emulation Movement.

With its achievements over the past 78 years, the Office has been honored by the State and the Army with the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces (2010), 01 Ho Chi Minh Medal (2006), 02 First-class Military Exploit Medals (1984, 2001), 02 Military Exploit Medals (Second-class in 1983 and Third-class in 1954), 02 Fatherland Protection Medals (Third-class in 2015 and Second-class in 2020), 01 Third-class Military Exploit Medal for Legal work (2003), 02 Third-class Labor Medals for security and archiving work (1992, 1994); was awarded 02 Labor Medals by the Lao State (First Class in 2004 and Second Class in 2018), along with many other noble awards and titles from the Party, State, Government, Ministry of National Defense and Central and local Committees, Ministries, branches and organizations.

Proud to be a heroic unit of the People's Armed Forces, promoting the good qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" and the glorious tradition of 78 years of construction, development and growth, the officers, employees and soldiers of the Central Military Commission Office - Ministry of National Defense continue to thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the Party's guidelines, viewpoints and policies, the State's policies and laws, the Central Military Commission's resolutions, military and national defense tasks; firmly and absolutely trust in the Party's leadership; uphold the spirit of solidarity, unity, responsibility, dedication, sense of organization, discipline and regular working style; maintain pure moral qualities, frankness and honesty; proactively and actively study and practice to constantly improve theoretical level, analytical and synthesis level, professional expertise level, closely following the development of practice with the spirit of innovation and creativity; “dare to think; dare to speak; dare to do; dare to take responsibility; dare to innovate and be creative; dare to face difficulties and challenges and dare to act for the common good”… to fulfill the responsibility of a strategic advisory body, an effective and trustworthy assistant to the Central Military Commission - Ministry of National Defense, contributing to building and firmly protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

[1] - President Ho Chi Minh instructed the cadres and staff of the Central Party Office in the Viet Bac Base on the occasion of Lunar New Year 1950.

Nguyen Bang - Ministry of National Defense Portal

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