Attending the event were representatives from the People's Committee; departments and agencies of Da Nang city; and agencies and units under Military Region 5.

The introductory report for the seminar was presented by Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Bao, Director of the Academy, presented and clearly stated that combining socio -economic development with national defense, security, and foreign affairs is essential, both urgent and long-term, creating a comprehensive strength for nation-building and national defense; building and protecting the Fatherland, contributing to the country's stability, rapid and sustainable development.

Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen Van Bao - Director of the Political Academy, presented the opening remarks at the scientific seminar.

Thoroughly understanding Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought on the relationship between socio-economic development and national defense, security, and foreign affairs, In the context of Vietnam's increasingly deep integration into the international community, the entire Party, people, and armed forces must remain steadfast, possess correct understanding, be proactive, and promote the spirit of unity, resilience, will, and high determination in organizing and implementing the integration of socio-economic development with the consolidation and strengthening of national defense, security, and foreign relations. However, this is also a broad, complex, and difficult issue; many theoretical and practical issues still need further research and clarification to provide a basis for determining policies, formulating strategies, and organizing the implementation of the integration of socio-economic development with national defense, security, and foreign relations in Vietnam in the coming period.

Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen Van Bao - Director of the Political Academy , Project Leader, and Major General Cao Phi Hung, Deputy Commander of Military Region 5, co-chaired the seminar.

A view of the scientific seminar.

At the seminar, 13 presentations by delegates and scientists focused on analyzing and clarifying several key issues: the theory of combining socio-economic development with national defense, security, and foreign affairs in Vietnam; assessing the current state of combining socio-economic development with national defense, security, and foreign affairs in Vietnam in general, and in the provinces and cities within Military Region 5 in particular, during the đổi mới (renovation) period (from 1986 to the present); clarifying achievements, limitations, and causes, as well as issues that need to be continued and promoted; limitations and inadequacies in implementation; forecasting advantages, opportunities, difficulties, and challenges; viewpoints, objectives, tasks, and solutions for combining socio-economic development with national defense, security, and foreign affairs in Vietnam, and in Military Region 5, in the new context. To clarify the roles, contributions, tasks, and organizational solutions of the armed forces of Military Region 5, as well as the departments, agencies, mass organizations, and people in the area, in combining socio-economic development with national defense, security, and foreign affairs in the new context.

The results of the seminar provided valuable materials, which the project team has incorporated and will continue to research in order to refine the project.

Text and photos: TRAN THONG

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