Attending and working with the delegation were comrades: Lieutenant General Nguyen Hong Thai, member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of Military Region 1; Ho Tien Thieu, Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee.

After 4 years of implementing Decree No. 21/2019/ND-CP of the Government, the Party Committee, the Military Region 1 Command, together with the provinces in the area, agencies and units have thoroughly grasped and deployed the construction of defense zones, achieving important results. The highlight is the focus on building the Military Region's armed forces strong in politics, ideology and organization; successfully completing the annual political education program, disseminating and popularizing the law to the subjects; officers and soldiers absolutely trust in the Party's guidelines and policies.

Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, chaired the inspection of the implementation results of Decree No. 21/2019/ND-CP dated February 22, 2019 of the Government on Defense Zones in Military Region 1. Photo: KIM NGOC

Military Region 1 strictly implements regulations on military organization and staffing; regularly consolidates and improves organization, military numbers, weapons and equipment, and is capable of handling local defense and security situations. The militia and self-defense force is built according to the motto "strong and widespread", focusing on quality with more than 1,800 militia and self-defense bases; the military cadres at the commune level are trained and have basic knowledge at schools in the Army, and are organized to operate in accordance with their functions and tasks.

The work of building and managing the reserve mobilization force has been given attention by leaders and commanders at all levels. Up to now, the entire Military Region 1 has ranked 100% of the Reserve Mobilization units; annually organizes training and checks on mobilization readiness to reach 100% of the troops; and builds a complete system of mobilization documents. Through a field survey, in the Military Region, there are 30 enterprises that are qualified for industrial mobilization.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Hong Thai, speaking at the inspection. Photo: KIM NGOC

Along with the organization, strictly maintain the regimes and regulations on combat readiness, natural disaster prevention, search and rescue; fully develop, promptly adjust and supplement the system of documents and combat plans; units organize training and exercises at all levels in accordance with regulations; combine defense zone exercises with campaign exercises, joint military exercises in each area. Through additional exercises, perfect determination and combat plans; develop military theory and the art of people's war in new combat conditions using high-tech weapons.

Based on the determination to protect the Fatherland, Military Region 1 has directed the implementation of military strategy planning in line with the defensive combat plans of the Military Region and units and localities. Prioritizing strategic and campaign projects, while organizing to fully and promptly ensure logistics and technical aspects for training, combat readiness, regular and unexpected tasks; actively and proactively exploiting local funding sources to build and consolidate barracks, purchase materials and equipment. From 2019 to present, the Military Commands of provinces, Military Commands of districts, towns and cities have mobilized nearly 287 billion VND to build and consolidate barracks.

Concluding the inspection, Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang acknowledged and highly appreciated the achievements of Military Region 1 in implementing Decree No. 21/2019/ND-CP of the Government on building defense zones. At the same time, he requested the Military Region Defense Steering Committee and the defense zone of Military Region 1 to pay attention to directing the complete development of the military region defense plan; promptly adjust the combat determination of the Military Region, combat documents of agencies, units and the assurance plans of the sectors after adjusting the forces and weapons and equipment according to the plan of the Ministry of National Defense on adjusting and organizing forces.

Strengthening military professional transfer training for soldiers preparing to be discharged and directing localities to coordinate with units to link mobilization areas with annual military recruitment areas to improve the quality of military professionalism for reserve mobilization units. Directing the building of permanent militia forces for key defense localities and self-defense militia forces in enterprises without party organizations; continuing to direct the construction of defense works, including permanent militia posts and working headquarters for commune-level military commands.  

Working session scene. Photo: KIM NGOC

Along with strengthening the construction of pilot models on defense zone construction to direct and learn from experience, local agencies, units, departments, branches and organizations coordinate and advise on the implementation of the plan according to the roadmap. The Military Region continues to direct the construction of campaign posts and combat works on the border line; border patrol routes; organize the clearance of bombs, mines and explosives to serve socio-economic development in the area; well implement the overall defense planning, combined with socio-economic development.  

Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang also requested the Military Region Defense Steering Committee and the Defense Zone of Military Region 1 to continue promoting the results achieved in the past time, focusing on leadership, direction, and organizing experience sharing for agencies and units under their authority to overcome the shortcomings that the inspection team pointed out during the actual inspection at the agencies and units.

DUY DONG