Forcible unwilling draft into military service

Present at the event were Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs (GDP) of the Vietnam People’s Army General Luong Cuong, and Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, among others. At the meeting, delegates focused on discussing and commenting on reports on the five-year implementation of Resolution No.5-NQ/TW dated April 16, 2018 of the Politburo on Vietnam’s National Defense Strategy; Conclusion No.24-KL/TW dated April 16, 2018 of the Politburo on Vietnam's defense strategy; and proposal for resuming education courses for civilian students in several military schools. At the event, a leader of the GDP informed the participants on domestic, regional, and international situations that have had impacts on the country’s defense-military task performance, and briefed on some major contents of the eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee. In his concluding speech, General Giang praised … [Read more...] about Defense Minister chairs seventh meeting of Central Military Commission

The Army Officer Candidate School No.1 launched the 2023-2024 academic year. In the past academic year, the school implemented numerous solutions, successfully fulfilling its mission, completed the development of output standards for training programs, modules, and subjects for various student groups. They also developed training programs and exercise plans aligned with practical requirements and combat readiness of military units. The school's teams participated in military and national-level competitions, achieving top awards. During the 2023-2024 academic year, the Army Officer Candidate School No.1 will continue to innovate its curriculum, training methods, and improve teaching effectiveness, combining fundamental training with comprehensive student development. * The same day, the Artillery Officer Candidate School held the opening ceremony for the new academic year. In the previous academic year, 100% of graduating classes achieved good results, with 51 teams and 330 … [Read more...] about Military schools commence 2023-2024 academic year

During the course, over 100 trainees will be equipped with knowledge about military scientific activities inside and outside the country, and how to collect information to write reports and make clips on this field in their units. They will also study several topics on scientific research, technical initiatives, environmental protection, and global climate change response. In his speech, Major General Do An Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Technical Services, underlined that the course is expected to further raise competence of officers in charge of military science work and military technical scientific information in the whole military technical sector to meet their task requirements in the current context. Translated by Minh Anh … [Read more...] about Training course of military technical sector held

Hanoi expects to gather opinions from the public and intellectual community to finalize the draft amended Capital Planning before submitting it to the National Assembly. The draft revised Capital Planning has been completed on schedule and is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for feedback by the end of October. Overview of the press conference. Photo: The Hanoi Times The information was revealed at a press conference held today [September 27] regarding the upcoming scientific conference on the Hanoi Capital Planning Orientation for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, to be held on September 29 . At the press conference, Director Le Ngoc Anh of the Hanoi Institute for Socio-Economic Development Studies noted the purpose of the conference is to harness the expertise and ingenuity of experts, scientists, officials, party members, and university professors from various institutions in shaping the Hanoi's Capital Planning for the … [Read more...] about Draft amended Capital Planning on track for submission to parliament in late October

War veteran Giang Mi Pao was born in 1944. He served in the military for six years and was admitted to the Party. After completing military service, the former soldier came back to his hometown and was appointed the village’s head. Mr. Pao recalled that in early 1980s, people in the locality faced numerous difficulties since they lacked cultivation land, proper production tools, seedlings, capital, and farming techniques. The whole hamlet had only 2 hectares of land for one-crop rice growing and locals used to suffer from hunger for 4 to 6 months/year. As the only party member in the hamlet at that time and a former soldier who had joined the national resistance war, Mr. Pao kept thinking about locals’ difficulties and how to develop local economy, eliminate hunger, and reduce poverty sustainably. After days and nights studying other localities’ economic development models, the war veteran discussed and worked with ten brothers and sisters to start transforming plant and livestock … [Read more...] about War veteran Giang Mi Pao’s tireless efforts to change lives of people in Suoi Dong

A report delivered at the meeting confirmed that the GS has directed the whole military to implement and complete their duties according to September plan. The GS has well grasped situations, strictly exercised combat readiness duties, made recommendations to the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to report to the Party and State leaders to effectively deal with situations. It has directed Military Region 3, and other military units to organize exercises, training sessions, and sporting festivals with absolute safety of personnel and equipment. Attentively, under its leadership, agencies and units have mobilized forces and vehicles to promptly respond to natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue operations in Lao Cai province and other stationed localities. In September, units have strictly observed and managed the borderline, prevented and dealt with illegal entry and exit cases; kept a close watch on key areas and put their … [Read more...] about GS chief asks for pro-activeness in giving advice to handle situations

Vinamarine believes a hike in container handling fees takes regional competitiveness into account, photo Le Toan The Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine), under the Ministry of Transport, has proposed an increase of 10-20 per cent in container handling fees at seaports. The draft circular aims to replace Circular No.54/2018/TT-BGTVT on the charge bracket for pilotage, wharf, dock, and mooring buoy utilisation, container handling, and towage services at Vietnamese seaports. Vinamarine has sought feedback since the beginning of September. “It is suitable and essential to adjust the container handling fees by 10-20 per cent to ensure reinvestment capital for ports and upgrade service quality,” it noted. Vinamarine’s statistics indicated that the loading and unloading fees at deep-water seaports in Vietnam are equal to 59 per cent of those in ASEAN and surrounding countries, and 85 per cent of those at the Phnom Penh port in Cambodia, an inland port with a lower … [Read more...] about Balance sought over port fee privileges

On September 20, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired a solemn reception for General Chalermphon Srisawasdi at the Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense. After the reception, the two sides held talks. During the talks, General Cuong affirmed the significance of the visit which takes place in the context that the two countries are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of their strategic partnership, contributing to creating new momentum for Vietnam - Thailand defense relations. On the basis of the bilateral friendship and fruitful cooperative relations, the cooperation between the two militaries has continuously developed with many practical and effective activities. Such cooperation mechanisms as defense policy dialogue; coast guard exchange; collaboration between arms and services; young officers’ exchange; information sharing; consultation; support to each other at ASEAN-led … [Read more...] about Thai Chief of Defense Forces visits Vietnam

One of the important situations on the first day of the exercise was that some engineering troops unluckily got injured while getting close to explosives left over from the war. An integrated military observers-engineers-medical staff process was immediately activated to respond to this medical emergency case. The military medical team immediately rushed to the scene to classify and provide first aid to the victims. The military observer team on a nearby patrol route quickly approached the doctor, grasped the situation, assisted the engineering detachment in marking dangerous areas and reporting to the U.N. Mine Action Service and chains-of-command at all levels and asking for reinforcement from level-1 field hospital. During the exercise, participating forces practiced coordination and demonstrated their professional skills of giving first aid to and conducting medical evacuation for the victims. This training content helped raise the trainees’ awareness of post-war explosives, … [Read more...] about Integrated field exercise of peacekeeping forces opens

The visit of Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, who is also Deputy Defense Minister of Laos, takes place in the context that the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries have been continuously expanded. After the welcome ceremony, the two sides held talks, during which General Cuong highly appreciated the significance of the Vietnam visit of Senior Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong and the Lao delegation. He emphasized that the visit would contribute to consolidating the solidarity between the two defense ministries and two militaries, thus strengthening the bilateral relations in a more intensive, practical, and effective manner. The Chief of Vietnamese GDP said that Vietnam and Laos are two neighboring countries with time-honored relationship. The two sides have given great, valuable, wholehearted, sincere, impartial, and effective support to each other’s struggle for independence in the past as well as current … [Read more...] about GDP’s Chief holds talks with Lao counterpart