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In his letter, the President commended the team for their ingenuity, decisiveness, courage and rescue skills, affirming that this feat has contributed to highlighting the image of the People's Public Security officers who are always ready to serve the people, and do not mind difficulties and dangers in protecting people's lives and properties. He urged each citizen to actively improve their initiative in natural disaster prevention and control, and calmly deal with unexpected incident. The President also asked localities to step up communication activities and better the capacity for natural disaster prevention and control, incident response and search and rescue. At 3:58 pm on August 6, after receiving the information that a group of 23 students and teachers got stranded in the bank of Tien Stream in Que Hiep commune, Que Son district, a15-member fire-fighting and rescue team rush to the site. By 17:30 on the same day, the force had taken students and teachers to safety. … [Read more...] about State President commends Quang Nam’s fire-fighters

The book series is compiled on the basis of a documentary film of the same name which was aired in 2021. It was developed by the Vietnam National Documentary Film Studio in coordination with the PCC's Commission for Information and Education, and the Su That National Political Publishing House. The e-book features more than 1,000 video clips on historical events via images and sound, allowing audiences to easily access on various electronic devices with different technical infrastructure. In his speech at the event, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh said the documentary series reflects systematically the development process of the Vietnamese revolution, which ushered in the Ho Chi Minh era - the most brilliant era in the nation's history. The publication of the book aims to widely popularise the film, contributing to educating people about the history and revolutionary tradition of the country, especially in schools and all-level education establishments, he … [Read more...] about E-book “Vietnam in the Ho Chi Minh Era – A Television History” debuts

Senior Lieutenant General Do Can, Deputy Director of the General Department of Political Affairs, chaired the event. At the event, Senior Lieutenant General Do Can reviewed the results of gratitude activities on the occasion of the Wounded and Fallen Soldiers’ Day in 2022. In particular, agencies and units in the whole military strictly embraced and implemented gratitude activities for policy beneficiaries and national contributors as planned, gave consultancy to higher levels and closely coordinated with relevant units to carry out these activities in an effective manner. These activities contributed to raising the material and spiritual life of policy beneficiaries and national contributors. Gen. Can applauded the great efforts and responsibilities of the GDP’s agencies and units in successfully organizing gratitude programs for policy beneficiaries on the Wounded and Fallen Soldiers’ Day. Also, Gen. Can required these agencies and units to fix the shortcomings and promote … [Read more...] about GDP reviews results of gratitude activities

PAN’s Managing Editor Senior Colonel Le Ngoc Long chaired the event. The event was also attended by PAN’s Managing Editor Senior Colonel Tran Anh Tuan, Second-in-Command of Unit 871 (under the General Department of Political Affairs) Senior Colonel Hoang Tuan Cuong, PAN’s representatives, and 59 trainees in military in Northern Vietnam. During the course, favorable conditions were created for all instructors and trainees to successfully perform all contents of the course. Instructors raised their responsibility to equip trainees with journalism knowledge, especially practical experience so that they can apply it to their task performance. Meanwhile, trainees observed all regulations of the course and the host unit, overcame all difficulties to acquire the knowledge and completed the course as required. Addressing the closing ceremony, Senior Colonel Le Ngoc Long noted that, via the course, trainees were provided with valuable knowledge on journalism. Many of them are … [Read more...] about PAN’s refresher course on journalism knowledge concluded

Major General Nguyen Van Gau, Deputy Director of the General Department of Political Affairs of the Vietnam People’s Army and deputy head of the team, together with Secretary of the Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee Hoang Trung Dung co-chaired the session. Accordingly, the province has effectively implemented resolutions, directives and documents of the Party Central Committee on ensuring national defense and security in the new situation, contributing to raising the awareness of the whole-political system and people on defense-security affairs. The locality has concretized and effectively conducted the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies and law on defense-security affairs. The provincial armed force has increasingly developed in all aspects, contributing to firmly protecting political security and social order as well as creating favorable conditions for socio-economic development of the locality. At the event, Major General Nguyen Van Gau suggested that the province … [Read more...] about Ha Tinh asked to enhance leadership on military-defense missions

Accordingly, the academy’s youth union work and youths movement have been implemented comprehensively with practical results in the 2017-2022 period, contributing to fulfilling the political tasks of the unit. The role of the youth union organizations has been highlighted while responsibilities and good virtues of Uncle Ho’s soldiers have been promoted, deserving to be the leading force in implementing the education and training tasks and the scientific research of the academy. The unit’s youth union work and youths movement is expected to strongly develop in the time to come, contributing to building an elite, regular, and gradually modernized academy. * The same day, the Armored Corps held a similar event to deploy tasks of youth union work and youths movement in the 2022-2027 period. At the congress, delegates discussed and proposed concrete measures to improve the youth union work and youths movement in the time to come. Particularly, two major breakthoughs were … [Read more...] about Military units convene youth union congresses

The seminar aimed to raise awareness of non-traditional security and its challenges, as well as promote the role of the military in preventing and combating non-traditional security challenges. Through the seminar, the organizing panel hoped to provide scientific bases for and give recommendations to the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Political Affairs, and the Political Academy on measures to prevent and deal with non-tradition security challenges in the time to come. At the seminar, delegates and experts identified non-traditional security in terms of concept, approach and connotation and clarified the role of the Vietnam People’s Army in preventing and coping with non-traditional security challenges in the coming time. Translated by Quynh Oanh … [Read more...] about Scientific seminar on non-traditional security challenges held

The Tank Biathlon competition is scheduled to be held from August 13 to 27 at the training ground. On this occasion, the Vietnamese Tank Contingent and other participants were given information related to technical issues and spent time studying the areas as well as conditions of the competition. This year’s event drew the participation of 21 contingents, divided into two groups. Group 1 includes ten contingents from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, China, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia, while the second one consists of teams from Abkhazia, Armenia, Zimbabwe, Iran, Laos, Mali, Myanmar, Syria, Sudan, Tajikistan, and South Ossetia. According to the regulations of the organizing board, this year, Group 1’s contingents will compete in the qualifying round, semi-finals (eight teams) and the final round (four teams). Meanwhile, Group 2 only competes in the qualifying round. According to the lot-drawing results on August 8 at Patriot Park on the … [Read more...] about Army Games 2022: Vietnamese Tank Contingent gets acquainted with training field

The Party leader congratulated Laos on its comprehensive achievements, with active contributions made by the capital Vientiane. Vietnam always treasures and gives top priority to the special relationship between the two countries, he said, affirming Vietnam’s strong and comprehensive support for reform in the neighboring country. He highlighted effective cooperation between the two capital cities, including the exchange of experience in Party building and collaboration in economy, trade, investment, infrastructure building, personnel training and COVID-19 prevention and control. The Party chief urged Vientiane to step up close coordination and cooperation with Hanoi and other localities of Vietnam. He asked Anouphap Tounalom to convey his wishes and regards to Party General Secretary and State President Thongloun Sisoulith and other senior leaders of Laos. For his part, Anouphap Tounalom also congratulated Vietnam on its great achievements, and noted his belief that under the … [Read more...] about Party General Secretary receives Lao official

At his meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Luong Thanh Nghi in Copenhagen on August 9, Bustrup affirmed that in the context that the two countries share many common interests and hold increasingly substantive and comprehensive relations, and many Danish businesses intend to expand their operations abroad, Vietnam has emerged as a potential destination. He expressed his thanks for and appreciated the cooperation and support of the Vietnamese embassy in DI’s activities, and asked the embassy to assist with the organization of Vietnam visits by Danish enterprises in the coming time. For his part, Nghi spoke highly of the active role and efforts of the confederation in intensifying the two countries’ economic and investment ties. The ambassador informed his host on the embassy's plan to organize a forum on September 5 in Copenhagen, on Vietnam - Denmark cooperation in digital and green transformation - the two priority fields that Vietnam is focusing on implementing, with … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Denmark seek ways to intensify economic, trade ties