The 12th Corps was established in November 2023 on the basis of merging the agencies and units of the 1st and 2nd Corps. The units of the 12th Corps today all have a long tradition.

The 12th Corps always strictly maintains combat readiness regimes and regulations, regularly coordinates with other forces to grasp the situation; promptly adjusts and supplements documents and combat plans after organizing two-level local governments.

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General Secretary To Lam and delegates. Photo: VNA

The Corps prepares sufficient forces and means, is ready to mobilize to carry out tasks, handle situations, and avoid being surprised; organizes the construction of combat works, and clears mines and explosives to ensure quality and safety. At the same time, the Corps manages and uses defense land strictly, in accordance with the law; trains according to the motto "basic, practical, solid", attaches importance to synchronous, specialized, and realistic training, and trains in the proficient use of new, modern weapons and equipment...

Leaders and commanders must change their thinking and dare to sacrifice personal interests for the sake of the army and the mission.

In his speech, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the 12th Corps is identified as the main, strategically mobile Corps organized in the direction of "refined, compact, strong" and advancing towards modernization.

The 12th Corps is a unit with a long tradition, tempered in revolutionary war and training, ready to fight, achieving many feats and excellent achievements. Therefore, the 12th Corps needs to preserve and promote the tradition of the Corps and the Vietnam People's Army in the new revolutionary period.

In the coming time, with many new and more difficult tasks for the cause of building the Army, consolidating national defense, protecting, building and developing the country, the General Secretary noted that the requirements for the 12th Corps must also be higher, more urgent and closer to reality, requiring leaders and commanders at all levels to renew their thinking, strictly comply with regulations, be exemplary, and dare to sacrifice personal interests for the army and for the mission.

The General Secretary requested that the 12th Corps regularly thoroughly grasp and grasp the Party's viewpoints, guidelines, and policies, the State's policies and laws on military, national defense, and national defense; focus on doing well the work of political and ideological education and educating the traditions of the Party, the nation, the army, and the unit; build cadres and soldiers to always have a steadfast and firm political stance, deeply understand the situation and tasks, constantly uphold revolutionary heroism, and be honored and proud to be cadres and soldiers of the 12th Corps, "elite, compact, strong", the "iron fist" of the Army and the people...

The General Secretary emphasized the need to actively and urgently review and closely coordinate with localities and units after we organize the implementation of the two-level local government model to arrange a suitable national defense posture; promptly complete combat readiness plans, regional defense operations, and civil defense associated with maintaining strict implementation of combat readiness regimes, ensuring that we are not passive or surprised in any situation.

In the localities where it is stationed, the 12th Army Corps needs to further promote its mission of "being a working army, a production labor army" to help localities complete socio-economic development tasks, and be a solid and trustworthy support for Party committees, authorities and people.

Building each officer and soldier to be a "digital soldier"

In addition, according to General Secretary To Lam, the 12th Corps also needs to focus on training and fostering cadres and organizing troop training in accordance with the established motto and direction; focus on training to master new and modern weapons and equipment; strictly maintain the order of regular construction and discipline management; build a lean, strong, elite corps with comprehensive strength and high combat readiness, well meeting the requirements of the mission as the strategic mobile force of the Vietnam People's Army.

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General Secretary To Lam gives instructions. Photo: VNA

As the main combat corps, according to the General Secretary, the 12th Corps needs to demonstrate its determination to make breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation in accordance with the specific military and defense tasks of the unit; build each officer and soldier into a "digital soldier", mastering the digital platform, having digital skills to perform tasks; improve information security capacity, manage weapons and equipment well, ensuring that once deployed, it is a victory.

The General Secretary requested to regularly pay attention to building exemplary clean and strong Party committees and organizations. In the immediate future, the 12th Corps needs to focus on preparing and successfully organizing the 1st Congress of the Corps Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term, towards the 12th Congress of the Army Party Committee and the 14th National Congress of the Party; ensuring true democracy, solidarity and unity.

The General Secretary requested that the 12th Corps continue to promote studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style, resolutely fight against individualism in the new situation; strengthen internal political protection work, protect the Party's ideological foundation; promote the vanguard and exemplary role of cadres and Party members, first of all, cadres in charge at all levels; be determined to lead, organize, command and operate agencies and units to successfully carry out all assigned tasks...

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tong-bi-thu-quan-doan-12-chu-trong-huan-luyen-lam-chu-vu-khi-trang-bi-moi-2428859.html