All resources should be promoted for national construction and protection: President
It is necessary to bring into play the strength of the whole nation and political system, make full use of support from the international community and promote all resources and creativeness of the people in building and safeguarding the Fatherland, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while chairing a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16 to discuss theoretical and practical issues on the protection of the Fatherland in the new situation.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) addresses the event. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – It is necessary to bring intoplay the strength of the whole nation and political system, make full use of supportfrom the international community and promote all resources and creativeness of thepeople in building and safeguarding the Fatherland, President NguyenXuan Phuc said while chairing a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16 to discusstheoretical and practical issues on the protection of the Fatherland in the newsituation.
President Phuc, who is head of the steering committee on building a project to summarise the10-year implementation of the resolution of the 8th plenary session ofthe 11th Party Central Committee on the Fatherland protection strategy in the newsituation, highlighted major achievements in the cause of national protection.
The fundamental and inclusive achievement was the maintenance of independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and socialistorientation, and the steadiness of the leadership of the Party and themanagement role of the State, he said.
Agreeing with participants on the basic viewpoints in theoryand practice on Fatherland safeguarding in the new situation, the President emphasisedthe need to always maintain the direct and absolute leadership of the Party in allaspects of national protection, and persist with the goal of nationalindependence associated with socialism.
Participants at the event (Photo: VNA)
It is necessary to raise awareness and responsibility of theentire Party, people, army and political system on the task of defending andbuilding the Fatherland, he stressed.
The State leader highlighted the significance of the strength of the political system and the great national solidarity bloc in the cause of national construction and protection, along with the building of the people-baseddefence position.
He also reviewed the theoretical and practical conclusions thatthe Party have summarised after 35 years of the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) process of thecountry.
The State leader also underlined the need to promote theoutcomes of the 10-year implementation of the resolution of the eighthplenary session of the 11th Party Central Committee on the Fatherland protectionstrategy in the new situation./.
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For 50 years, Vietnam and New Zealand have worked together to uphold peace and prosperity for their peoples and the region. The friendship, cooperation, and mutual understanding Vietnam and New Zealand nurtured have grown from a seed into a deeply rooted, strong, and thriving tree, she stressed.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) addresses the event. (Photo: VNA) 
Participants at the event (Photo: VNA) 
