General Secretary To Lam presents the Ho Chi Minh Medal to General Department II

On the morning of October 18, General Department II held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's Defense Intelligence Day and receive the Ho Chi Minh Order. General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered a speech.

Welcoming ceremony for General Secretary To Lam , Secretary of the Central Military Commission, at General Department II - Photo: People's Army Newspaper

Also attending were General Phan Van Giang - Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang - Minister of Public Security .

At the ceremony, Lieutenant General Tran Cong Chinh, Director General of General Department II, reviewed the 80-year journey of building, fighting and growing of the Vietnam Defense Intelligence sector.

Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated, warmly commended and congratulated the feats, achievements and glorious traditions of the Defense Intelligence sector; congratulated the General Department on being awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal by the Party and State on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of its tradition.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the ceremony - Photo: People's Army Newspaper

The General Secretary affirmed that over 80 years of building, fighting and growing, generations of National Defense Intelligence officers and soldiers have always demonstrated steadfast political will, absolute loyalty to the Party's revolutionary cause, silently fought, proactively and resolutely attacked the enemy, steadfastly overcame all challenges and difficulties, and excellently completed assigned tasks.

Recently, the Standing Party Committee and the Commander of General Department II have led and directed the successful completion of many central political tasks; promptly advised the leaders of the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defense to make correct decisions, flexibly and effectively handle situations, and avoid being passive or surprised about strategy.

General Secretary To Lam also requested that the Defense Intelligence Service must serve more effectively and efficiently the leaders of the Party, State, Army and local ministries and branches in assessing and assessing the situation, determining policies and strategies and handling situations; strive to further improve the quality of operations, maintain the special trust of the leaders of the Party, State and Army in the Defense Intelligence Service.

Regularly review the organizational apparatus, perfect the organizational structure in the direction of "streamlining, efficiency, and correct function"; ensure increasing compatibility between quantity and quality, between force components, between functions and tasks and scale, organizational quality and task performance capacity, between the current task performance force and the next and succeeding force.

Building a solid and flexible intelligence posture, maximizing the combined strength of methods and forces.

The Defense Intelligence Sector must always focus on building a team of revolutionary intelligence officers, taking that as the foundation in building a revolutionary intelligence force, building a team of officers with strong political will, sharp professional vision and thinking, qualifications and specialized knowledge commensurate with their responsibilities and tasks, with reasonable quantity and increasingly high quality, meeting the requirements of both immediate and long-term tasks.

Also at the ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal to General Department II, Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of its tradition.

On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam presented General Department II with the work "Uncle Ho Visits His Hometown in 1961".

General Secretary To Lam presents the Ho Chi Minh Medal to General Department II, Ministry of National Defense - Photo: People's Army Newspaper

With those great achievements and contributions, the Party and State have awarded the Defense Intelligence many noble awards such as the Gold Star Order, 2 Ho Chi Minh Orders, the First Class Independence Order, the First Class Military Exploit Order, 2 times the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces; many collectives and individuals were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces and many other noble awards. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of its tradition, the Defense Intelligence was honored to receive the Ho Chi Minh Order for the 3rd time from the Party and State.

NAM TRAN

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-trao-huan-chuong-ho-chi-minh-cho-tong-cuc-ii-20251018130258278.htm