Party leader inspects training at National Shooting School
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is Secretary of the Central Military Commission, inspected the training for combat readiness at the National Shooting School Region 1 on November 19.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, inspects the training for combat readiness at the National Shooting School Region 1 on November 19 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, inspected the training for combatreadiness at the National Shooting School Region 1 on November 19.
Speaking at the working session with leaders of the Ministry of NationalDefence after inspection, the Party leader praised achievements the ministryhas made in directing the implementation of military, defence and defencediplomacy tasks over the past time.
Amid complicated regional and world situation, increasing activities by hostileforces to sabotage the Party, State and army, and continuous natural disasters,officers and soldiers have united with the people to overcome difficulties andfulfill all the assigned tasks, he said.
Especially, the army effectively worked with other armed forces and localauthorities to ensure the absolute safety for the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’Week in the central city of Da Nang on November 6-11.
Regarding the upcoming missions, Party General Secretary Trong asked the PartyOrganisation of the military to thoroughly grasp the situation and give timelyadvice to the Party and State regarding defence-security, and socio-economicdevelopment strategies while speeding up the building of a revolutionary,regular, elite and modern people’s army.
Military officers and soldiers must continuously consolidate political firmness,actively study to master modern weapons, raise vigilance and sharpen combatwill, he said, stressing the need to prevent “self-evolution” and“self-transformation” among them.
The army needs to closely work with the police force, Party committees andauthorities at all levels, mass organisations and people to resolutely struggleagainst all sabotage plots by hostile forces, maintain political security,social order and safety, and ensure the absolute safety for important politicalevents and major celebrations, he stressed.-VNA
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, inspects the training for combat readiness at the National Shooting School Region 1 on November 19 (Photo: VNA) 
