Attending the event were representatives of the People's Committee; Departments and branches of Da Nang city; agencies and units of Military Region 5.

Report on the discussion led by Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Bao, Director of the Academy, presented that combining socio-economic development with national defense, security and foreign affairs is urgent, both urgent and long-term, creating a combined strength to build and defend the country; build and protect the Fatherland, contributing to the country's stability, rapid and sustainable development.

Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Bao - Director of the Academy of Politics presented the scientific seminar topic.

Thoroughly grasp Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought on the relationship between socio-economics, national defense, security and foreign affairs, In the context of the country's increasingly deep international integration, it is required that the entire Party, people and army must always be steadfast, have correct awareness, be proactive, promote the spirit of solidarity, courage, will and high determination in organizing and implementing the combination of socio-economic development with the consolidation and enhancement of national defense, security and foreign affairs. However, this is also a problem with a wide scope, complex and difficult nature; there are still many theoretical and practical issues that need to be further studied, researched and clarified to provide a basis for determining policies, formulating policies and organizing the implementation of the combination of socio-economic development with national defense, security and foreign affairs of Vietnam in the coming time.

Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Bao - Director of the Academy of Politics , Project Manager and Major General Cao Phi Hung, Deputy Commander of Military Region 5 co-chaired the discussion.

Scene of the scientific seminar.

At the seminar, there were 13 presentations by delegates and scientists focusing on analyzing and clarifying a number of main issues on: Theory on combining socio-economic development with national defense, security and foreign affairs in Vietnam; assessing the current situation of combining socio-economic development with national defense, security and foreign affairs in Vietnam in general, in provinces and cities in Military Region 5 in particular during the renovation period (from 1986 to present); clarifying achievements, limitations and causes, issues that need to continue to be inherited and promoted; limitations and shortcomings in implementation; forecasting advantages, opportunities and difficulties, challenges; viewpoints, goals, tasks, solutions for combining socio-economic development with national defense, security and foreign affairs in Vietnam, in Military Region 5 in the new context; clarify the roles, contributions, tasks and implementation solutions of the armed forces of Military Region 5, departments, branches, organizations and people in the area in combining socio-economic development with national defense, security and foreign affairs in the new context.

The results of the discussion are valuable documents, which the Project Management Board has received and continued to research to complete the project.

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