Book reflects development of Party’s mindset about defence strategy
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on the military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period reflects his consistent thought about the leadership and directions over the national safeguarding, many experts and researchers have said.
The books on military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on the military policy and defence strategyof Vietnam in the new period reflects his consistent thought about theleadership and directions over the national safeguarding, many experts andresearchers have said.
The recently released book, with its titletranslated as “Some issues about the military policy, national defence strategyduring the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnam Fatherland inthe new period”, comprises 39 articles, speeches, and interviews of GeneralSecretary Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission.
The first section, with 21 articles,speeches and interviews, focuses on the building of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA)into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern military in the new period.
The second, with 18 articles andspeeches, is about the building of lean, strong and modernity-oriented forcesof the army to fulfill requirements and tasks in all circumstances.
Meanwhile, the third is reserved fora writing by Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, former member of the Party CentralCommittee, former member of the Central Military Commission’s Standing Board,and former Deputy Minister of National Defence. It affirmed the Party GeneralSecretary and Secretary of the Central Military Commission is a leader with adialectical mindset and strategic vision on the formation of the militarypolicy and defence strategy for safeguarding the socialist Vietnam.
Assoc. Prof. and Dr Pham Van Linh,Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, held that the Party chief’sleadership and directions shown in the book help clarify the development of theParty’s theoretical thinking about the military policy and defence strategy.
Maj. Gen. Vu Cuong Quyet, Director of the Institute for Defence Strategy, notedkeeping peace is a sacred value of the task of national safeguarding. A corepoint and breakthrough in General Secretary Trong’s thinking about the militarypolicy and defence strategy is that protecting national independence and self-reliancemust be connected with keeping peace. This is a creative and unique thought onmilitary and defence, with keeping a peaceful environment being the consistenttarget./.
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The books on military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period (Photo: VNA) 
