The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), specifically the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat, have paid special attention to the leadership over the missions of safeguarding the fatherland and building national defence over the past five years.
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission and Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), specifically
the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat, have paid special
attention to the leadership over the missions of safeguarding the fatherland and
building national defence over the past five years.
The statement was made by Senior Lieutenant
General Nguyen Trong Nghia, member of the Party Central Committee, member of
the Central Military Commission and Deputy Director of the General Department
of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), on the sidelines of the
ongoing 13th National Party Congress.
According to Nghia, one of the most
standout achievements of the country is the Party leadership of the tasks of
safeguarding the country and building all-people defence in the new era.
Regarding defence and military strategies
and those on security and nation safeguarding on cyberspace as well as the
legal system, Vietnam has issued several laws and continues amending and
perfecting several other laws related to military and defence tasks, he said.
According to the officer, to promote the
achievements gained in the 12th Congress tenure, the part on orientations
in the Political Report submitted to the 13th Congress continues to
demonstrate a consistent inheritance along with new points on the missions of
safeguarding the nation and building the all-people defence.
Many new viewpoints on military and defence
strategies continue to be concretised in Party documents, such as proactively
preventing war early and from afar; maintaining the goal of defending the country,
national independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity; protecting
national interests, the Party, the socialist regime and the people; maintaining
a peaceful and stable environment for national development; promoting the
synergy of the whole nation, with the armed forces and the army in particular being
the core.
“We have a closely cohesive vision, not
only between defence-security and diplomacy, but also between defence-security,
diplomacy and socio-economic development, especially Party building,” Nghia
said.
The Party exercises leadership over the
protection of the fatherland, with the key and decisive factor being continuing
to maintain and strengthen the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of
the military and public security forces as well as the national safeguarding
and defence-security cause, he stressed.
Upholding the tradition of the People’s
Army, the Party has defined the direction of building a regular, elite and
modern revolutionary army, he added.
Nghia said Vietnam has been able to
manufacture several kinds of weapons and military equipment and will continue with
research and innovation work in order to ensure the army is capable of
fulfilling the mission of safeguarding the fatherland./.