Central Post Office - 60 years of special journey

The Central Post Office, a special unit of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), has just received the Third Class Labor Medal on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.

At the ceremony taking place on the afternoon of December 2, Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, presented the Third Class Labor Medal to the Central Post Office.

60 years of dedicated service to the Party and Government

60 years ago, during the fierce war period of the country, the task of ensuring smooth communication between the Central Government and localities and with the battlefields became an urgent requirement, requiring a specialized unit to carry out this important task. Therefore, the Central Party Secretariat issued Resolution No. 115-NQ/TW to establish a special Post Office, under the direct command of the Central Party Office. Implementing the above Resolution, on June 17, 1965, Prime Minister Pham Van Dong signed Decision No. 101/CP to establish the Central Post Office directly serving the Central Party Office and the Government with the responsibility of "serving the specific requirements of communication, which need to be ensured quickly, promptly, accurately and confidentially between the Central Party and the Government with agencies, branches and levels".

The unit has been honored by the Party and State with many noble titles such as: Hero of the Armed Forces, Hero of Labor... and many other noble titles.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung and delegates visited the exhibition.

Introducing the 60-year history of formation and development of the Central Post Office.

Up to now, this is a special communications unit under the Ministry of Science and Technology, performing the function of advising and assisting the Minister in state management and organizing law enforcement on ensuring communications for Party and State leaders in confidential and urgent direction and management work; serving communications for Party and State agencies and relevant agencies and organizations.

At the Ceremony, Director Nguyen Hong Thang reviewed the 60-year development journey, associated with important turning points of the country. During the war, the Department ensured top-secret communication from the Central to the battlefield, including maintaining radio waves for 12 days and nights of the "Dien Bien Phu in the Air" campaign; directly serving the Vietnamese Delegation at the 1972 Paris Conference... During the COVID-19 period, this was also the unit that ensured communication right in the first instructions from the Central to localities to fight the epidemic.

The Central Post Office is also associated with the growth of four special information systems in Vietnam, including the Special Data Transmission Network, the Special Telephone Network, the Special Telegraph Network and the KT1 Postal Network.

Special mission

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung expressed his emotion when the Party and State leaders always trusted and assigned the Central Post Office with especially important tasks.

Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung spoke at the ceremony.

The Minister expressed his gratitude to all generations of cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers of the Department, recognizing their high sense of responsibility and deep professional capacity that have contributed to the cause of protecting and developing the country.

"The one word that cannot be separated from the Central Post Office is 'special': special mission, special loyalty, special people, special technology, special creativity, and special service." According to the Minister, this is also the "fundamental difference, quality, soul, reason for existence" of the Central Post Office compared to other civil postal and telecommunications units, so it needs to be maintained and passed on intact to future generations.

Emphasizing the context of Vietnam determining development based on science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, the Minister requested the Department to rely on this trio to develop and complete its tasks.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized that the Central Post Office must become a special shared digital infrastructure of the political system, under the leadership of the Party, serving the Party, the State and key national agencies, ensuring absolute information safety, confidentiality, smoothness and initiative in all situations. In addition, with new contents such as digital technology, digital data, digital systems, digital platforms, digital processes, digital environment, digital security, digital government, the Department needs to quickly master.

"With a development orientation based on two solid pillars: loyal, brave, dedicated, disciplined, and affectionate people, and modern, secure, intelligent, flexible, and highly vital technology, I believe that the Central Post Office is fully capable of rising up to fulfill its new mission," said the Minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh and Minister Nguyen Manh Hung took souvenir photos with generations of leaders of the Central Post Office.

Receiving instructions from Minister Nguyen Manh Hung, Director Nguyen Hong Thang affirmed that the collective leadership, all cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers of the Central Post Office will realize the tasks and actions with specific results./.

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Source: https://mst.gov.vn/cuc-buu-dien-trung-uong-60-nam-hanh-trinh-dac-biet-197251203075151754.htm