Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and directed the Military-Political Conference of the whole army in the first 6 months of 2023.

Conference delegates.

Conference scene.

The conference was attended by General Luong Cuong, Politburo member, Standing member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA). Also attending were Party Central Committee members: Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dao Ngoc Dung, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communications; Huynh Thanh Dat, Minister of Science and Technology; Dang Quoc Khanh, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

The conference was also attended by members of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Ministers of National Defense: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong, member of the Central Military Commission; Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh; Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam.

Also attending the conference were leaders of a number of central ministries and branches; chiefs of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, and commanders of agencies and units throughout the army.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of the Ministry of National Defense attended the conference.
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, on behalf of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, reported a summary of military and defense work in the first 6 months of 2023.

Reporting on the results of the implementation of tasks in the first 6 months of 2023, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong affirmed: In the first 6 months of 2023, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have led and directed the entire army to unite, unify, strive, and comprehensively complete tasks, many tasks were completed well, and some tasks were completed excellently. Notably, they regularly grasped and accurately forecasted the situation, promptly advised the Party and State to flexibly and effectively handle situations, and not to be passive or surprised, especially in policies and measures to protect territorial sovereignty, borders, and islands.

The entire army strictly maintains combat readiness, tightly manages airspace, sea, border, inland, and cyberspace; coordinates with other forces to maintain security and order nationwide, and protects the safety of important political events of the country. Proactively develop plans and prepare well forces and means to prevent and combat natural disasters, epidemics, and search and rescue.

Agencies and units throughout the army thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the resolutions of the Central Military Commission on training, logistics, finance, technology, science and technology... Ensure adequate and timely logistics and technology for missions; actively increase production, prevent and fight epidemics, ensure the lives of soldiers, and the number of healthy soldiers reaches over 98.5%. International integration and defense diplomacy are effectively implemented, in line with the Party's foreign policy...

According to the program, the conference will take place all day today. The content of the conference will be continuously updated by the People's Army Electronic Newspaper.

News and photos: SON BINH - TUAN HUY