Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang, member of Politburo, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, and Deputy Minister of National Defence, speaks at the national teleconference on March 28 (Photo: VNA)Speaking on the second day of the national event todisseminate the resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, Giangsaid all those who respect the independence and sovereignty of, set up and expandthe friendship and equitable and win-win cooperation with Vietnam are partnersof the country.
Any forces that hatch plots or take actions to sabotage Vietnam’snational construction and safeguarding goals, to overthrow the socialistregime, or violate the country’s independence, sovereignty, and interests arethe antagonists of the country, he went on.
Talking about the new perceptions and mindset about Vietnam’snational defence, he noted that the strength to protect the Fatherland comes from the great national solidarity; the combination of the strength ofthe people and the era; the country’s integrated strength in terms of politics,economy, culture, society, culture, defence, security, and diplomacy; and thestrength of the entire political system and the entire people under the Party’sleadership and the State’s management, with the armed forces being the core.
The 13th National Party Congress has defined thatconsolidating national defence and safeguarding the Fatherland is an “essentialand regular” task and also a prerequisite for performing the core duty ofdeveloping the economy, while a developed economy and a stronger countrywill be an effective way to safeguard the nation.
This is the fundamental theoretical viewpoint that dominates and decides all the contents about national defence and Fatherland safeguardingin the new context, the Deputy Minister said.
In terms of the all-people national defence, Giang said it is built on the foundation of national politics,spiritual strength, human resources, material resources, and finance, and building the all-people national defence comprises of building defence potential, defence forces and the all-people defence posture.
The official also highlighted the task of improving the effectiveness ofinternational integration and defence diplomacy so as to make use of everyresource for defence capacity building. According to him, defence diplomacy isimportant to the building of all-people national defence so as to bring intoplay the strength of the people and the era and create a solid foundation forsafeguarding the Fatherland early and from afar.
Defence diplomacy has become one of the pillars of theParty, State, people’s diplomacy, he added./.
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