General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chairs the Central Military Commission Conference

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, chaired the Conference. General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense, chaired the Conference.

Politburo members, members of the Central Military Commission Standing Committee: President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, General Luong Cuong, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Standing members, members of the Central Military Commission, key leaders of the Ministry of National Defense agencies attended the Conference.

Also attending were Politburo members: Standing member of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organization Commission Truong Thi Mai; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Phan Dinh Trac; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Inspection Commission Tran Cam Tu and Secretaries of the Party Central Committee: Head of the Central Propaganda Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia, Chief of the Party Central Office Le Minh Hung; Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung, along with leaders of Party committees and the Party Central Office.

Maintain the core role in building national defense

The report at the Conference showed that in 2023, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and Party committees and commanders at all levels proactively grasped, assessed, and accurately forecasted the situation, advised the Party and State to effectively handle situations, avoiding being passive or surprised; promptly directed research and adjustment of training content, combat plans, and security work associated with building political and spiritual factors in the Army.

The army always maintains its core role in building the all-people national defense, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture, the "people's hearts posture" and a solid defense zone; performs the task of combining national defense with socio-economic development, successfully fulfilling the functions of a combat army, a working army, a production labor army, especially in strategic and key areas...

The Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and Party committees and commanders at all levels focus on leading and directing the effective implementation of the "Three Breakthroughs" and the tasks and solutions of the "Five Adjustments to Force Organization"; leading and directing the assurance of good logistics and techniques for tasks; effectively implementing resolutions, programs, and projects on defense industry...

The Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and Party committees and commanders at all levels have many policies and solutions to lead and direct the building of a strong Army Party organization in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres; the Army is strong in politics; well organizes the research, dissemination, study and implementation of resolutions, directives, conclusions and regulations of the Party; promotes the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics and lifestyle in conjunction with the implementation of the Resolution of the Central Military Commission on Promoting the qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers", resolutely fighting against individualism in the new situation. Cadres and soldiers of the entire army always uphold their responsibility, set good examples, take the lead in protecting the Party's ideological foundation, and fight against hostile and erroneous viewpoints.

Party committees and organizations at all levels strictly adhere to the principles of party organization and activities; leadership capacity and fighting strength are maintained and enhanced; Party development work is associated with the work of management, education, training, and screening of party members...

Adjusting the organization of forces towards being lean, compact and strong

In 2024, based on a profound analysis of the regional, world and domestic situation, the Central Military Commission identified a number of key tasks and solutions focusing on leadership and direction to proactively grasp, assess and forecast the situation correctly, promptly advise the Party and State to successfully handle situations, avoid being passive or surprised, firmly protect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland...

The Central Military Commission directs the promotion of its core role in building an all-people national defense; combining national defense with economy, economy with national defense according to the resolutions and conclusions of the Politburo and the Government's Action Program on socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in key regions and areas...

The Central Military Commission continues to lead and direct the implementation of the "Three Breakthroughs" in the spirit of the Resolution of the 11th Party Congress of the Army and the theme of 2024 "The year of basically completing the adjustment of the force organization towards being lean, compact, and strong"; effectively lead and direct the implementation of programs, projects, and plans on technical logistics and defense industry; deploy key programs, projects, and work to overcome the consequences of bombs, mines, and toxic chemicals left over from the war...

The Central Military Commission leads and directs the effective implementation of the Project on researching and perfecting the system of judicial, inspection, legal, and crime prevention and control agencies at all levels in the Army by 2030, with a vision to 2045; the Project on preventing and combating negativity, corruption and waste in the Army...

Regarding leadership in building a strong Party organization in the Army in terms of political ideology, ethics, organization and cadres, a strong Army in terms of politics, the Central Military Commission organizes well the research, dissemination, study of the Party's guidelines, viewpoints, resolutions, directives and regulations, especially resolutions and conclusions on military tasks, national defense and protection of the Fatherland in the new situation; attaches importance to training, fostering and improving the level of political theory for cadres and party members; builds a contingent of cadres and party members with steadfast political will, ready to receive and successfully complete assigned tasks.

The Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and Party committees and commanders at all levels closely and effectively deploy activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day; well organize the Emulation Congress for Victory at all levels for the 2019-2024 period and the 11th Army Emulation Congress for Victory; continue to promote the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and lifestyle in conjunction with implementing the Resolution of the Central Military Commission on "Promoting the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, resolutely fighting against individualism in the new situation"; strengthen the fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, firmly maintain the Party's ideological position in the Army, and effectively prevent signs of degradation, "self-evolution," and "self-transformation."

The Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and Party committees and commanders at all levels thoroughly grasp and seriously and effectively implement resolutions, directives, conclusions, and regulations on Party organization and building work; improve the quality and effectiveness of inspection, supervision, and Party discipline enforcement work; strictly implement the Politburo's regulations on controlling power, preventing negativity in inspection, supervision, Party discipline enforcement, and inspection and auditing activities.

Innovate leadership style, management, command and operation methods to ensure science, democracy, and closeness to the grassroots in accordance with the direction of the General Secretary and Secretary of the Central Military Commission on building a team of cadres and party members who "dare to think; dare to speak; dare to do; dare to take responsibility; dare to innovate and create; dare to face difficulties and challenges; dare to act for the common good"; continue to effectively implement projects, programs and plans on political, ideological, cultural, artistic, press and propaganda work.

Building a clean and strong military Party organization in all aspects

Concluding the Conference, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong commended and highly appreciated the results of leadership, direction, and organization of the implementation of political tasks in 2023 by the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and officers and soldiers of the entire army.

The General Secretary stated that 2024 is a pivotal year of great significance to strive to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress of the Army. This is also the year of many major events, including the 70th anniversary of the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day in a context where there are forecasted more difficulties and challenges than advantages.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong requested that the Central Military Commission continue to better perform its strategic advisory function to the Party and State on military and national defense; closely and effectively deploy the implementation of the 13th Central Committee's Resolution 8 on the Fatherland Protection Strategy in the new situation, in sync with strategies in the military and national defense fields and resolutions on socio-economic development strategies, ensuring national defense and security in the country's 6 economic regions.

“Improve strategic forecasting capacity, grasp the situation and advise the Party and State on appropriate countermeasures to firmly protect the Fatherland. Absolutely do not be subjective, lose vigilance, and do not be passive or surprised. Continue to advise on the promulgation of military and defense policies and legal documents to meet the requirements and tasks in the new situation; pay attention to organizing, leading and directing the implementation to quickly put military and defense policies and guidelines into practice. This is not just an immediate issue but a long-term, strategic issue,” the General Secretary emphasized.

The General Secretary proposed to synchronously and effectively deploy solutions to improve the overall quality and combat strength of the Army; perform well the core role in building a national defense for all people, promote the combined strength of the entire political system and the entire people in building a strong national defense for all people. Resolutely implement the adjustment of the organization of the Army in 2024 with the requirement of organizing the force in the direction of being lean, compact, and strong, so that by 2025, the goal of "lean, compact, and strong" will be basically completed, creating a solid premise, striving to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern People's Army by 2030. The implementation process must be strict, certain, not subjective or hasty. The organization adjustment must create confidence, momentum, and new strength for the Army to successfully complete all tasks.

Regarding the building of a truly clean, strong, exemplary military Party organization, setting an example in all aspects, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized that the Central Military Commission needs to pay special attention to building a strong cadre team; directing the implementation of cadre work well at all stages and steps to prepare for party congresses at all levels; strictly implementing the Politburo's Regulations on controlling power and preventing and combating corruption and negativity in cadre work. Party committees and organizations at all levels need to continue to thoroughly grasp and seriously implement the principles of organization and operation of the Party, especially the principle of democratic centralism; strictly implement the working regulations of the Party committees. Because, implementing well, fully and correctly the principle of democratic centralism is the "universal key" to create the strength of the organization; it is a "sharp weapon" to prevent and combat corruption and negativity.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong pointed out that it is necessary to continue to expand and improve the effectiveness of international integration and defense diplomacy in accordance with the spirit of the Politburo's Conclusion on international integration and defense diplomacy until 2030 and the following years, contributing to creating a strategic balance in relations with partners, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national development, preventing early and from afar all risks of war and conflict. The army needs to participate more actively and responsibly in United Nations peacekeeping activities, humanitarian assistance, search and rescue, disaster relief, and overcoming the consequences of war; increase the exchange of experiences and mutual learning between our army and the armies of other countries; and organize well the second Vietnam International Defense Exhibition in December 2024.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong suggested focusing on caring for the material and spiritual lives of officers and soldiers, especially those on duty in remote, border and island areas. The work of policies for the rear, activities of "repaying gratitude", searching and collecting martyrs' remains must be carried out well. Advise and propose regimes and policies to adjust the organization of forces and special allowances for the armed forces, ensuring that they are commensurate with the special labor activities of the army...