General Secretary To Lam: Building the Vietnam Coast Guard in the direction of "Refined, compact, strong", moving straight towards modernization

General Secretary To Lam visits the Command of Coast Guard Region 4.

Also attending were Politburo members, Party Central Committee Secretaries: Le Minh Hung, Head of the Central Organizing Committee; Bui Thi Minh Hoai, President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Politburo members: Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Nguyen Hoa Binh , Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee; Secretariat members, Party Central Committee members, leaders of the Party, State, central ministries and branches, leaders of An Giang province, representatives of armed forces units stationed in An Giang province.

After listening to the report of the comrades of the Coast Guard Region 4 Command, the General Secretary was pleased to see that in recent times, despite the rapid developments in the world and regional situation, with many new complex factors emerging..., the Vietnam Coast Guard, under the leadership of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, has promoted the good nature and tradition of the heroic Vietnam People's Army, always upholding the spirit of revolutionary vigilance, intelligence, courage, solidarity and coordination, overcoming difficulties, closely coordinating with other forces to synchronously deploy many measures to protect security, sovereignty and law enforcement; increasingly effectively preventing and combating all types of crimes and violations at sea; especially implementing the peak period against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; performing well the tasks of search, rescue, and protection of the marine environment.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at a working session with the Command of Coast Guard Region 4.

With its achievements, Coast Guard Region 4 has affirmed its role as the people's armed forces, a specialized force of the State, acting as the core in enforcing the law and protecting national security and order and safety at sea.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam commended and acknowledged the efforts and striving to overcome all difficulties and hardships to excellently complete the tasks of the Vietnam Coast Guard force, including officers and soldiers of the Coast Guard Region 4 Command in the past time.

On this occasion, the General Secretary also acknowledged and highly appreciated the Central agencies, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, local Party committees, authorities, organizations and people for always wholeheartedly helping and creating conditions for the Vietnam Coast Guard to excellently complete all assigned tasks.

The General Secretary also pointed out that, in the face of new requirements; the task of protecting national sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction at sea poses many challenges and increasingly high demands. In order to successfully complete the tasks assigned by the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense, the General Secretary requested the Vietnam Coast Guard, including the Command of Coast Guard Region 4, to regularly grasp and grasp the Party's viewpoints, policies, guidelines, and guiding principles for military and defense tasks; pay attention to and attach importance to political and ideological education; focus on building and promoting the political and spiritual factors of officers and soldiers; foster and improve awareness of military and defense tasks to create unity in perception and action from leaders and commanders to soldiers; firmly adhere to military and defense guidelines; firmly build a Vietnam Coast Guard that is strong in politics, ideology, organization, and ethics; absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland, and the People; overcome difficulties and hardships, be ready to receive and excellently complete all assigned tasks.

It is necessary to grasp the situation and task requirements, proactively study, grasp, forecast, and correctly assess the situation, clearly recognize the strategic intentions of major countries and regions with sea areas adjacent to Vietnam, to promptly advise on strategic policies for the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to propose to the Party and State timely, flexible, and effective handling of the protection of sovereignty over seas and islands; security, order, safety, and ensuring compliance with Vietnamese law, international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member, and international agreements within its authority.

The General Secretary also requested to concentrate all resources on building the Vietnam Coast Guard in the direction of "Refined, compact, strong", moving straight towards modernization; clearly identifying key tasks and breakthroughs for implementation; in which focusing on breakthroughs in the field of attracting high-quality human resources, actively developing science and technology, innovation and artificial intelligence to serve the tasks of the Vietnam Coast Guard; focusing on combat readiness training and exercises; improving overall quality and combat strength; effectively responding to traditional and non-traditional security challenges.

Proactively develop and implement well plans and strategies, determined to firmly protect sovereignty; fight against crimes and law violations at sea; combat IUU fishing; search, rescue, and protect the marine environment... Pay attention to building discipline and obeying discipline; do not allow violations of discipline and law; ensure absolute safety of forces, vehicles and boats, especially when performing tasks at sea in extremely complex weather conditions in our country's seas.

The General Secretary also requested to proactively coordinate and closely cooperate with forces (Navy, Border Guard, Fisheries Surveillance...) in performing tasks, all activities must always put the national interests, the common interests of the Party, the country, and the people above all, first; always "accompany" and truly be a solid "fulcrum" for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea and the country's economic activities at sea; at the same time, the presence of fishermen in our seas are "milestones" to affirm and participate in protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands. Conduct patrols, inspections, and controls to affirm sovereignty, create a peaceful and stable environment for the country's economic development; build a "people's heart position", a solid people's defense and security position at sea. Carry out well the work of international cooperation and foreign affairs, especially with countries in the region having sea areas adjacent to Vietnam, to create and maintain a peaceful and stable environment, and protect the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

The General Secretary also noted that in 2027, Vietnam will be the Chair and host of APEC 2027, which is an honor for Vietnam and also an international responsibility, demonstrating Vietnam's responsibility to the international community, and demonstrating the trust and confidence of APEC members in Vietnam. Therefore, from now on, Coast Guard Region 4 needs to closely follow the direction of relevant departments and ministries, coordinate with forces, Party committees and authorities in the Special Zone to proactively review work, promptly deploy assigned tasks, and ensure absolute safety before, during and after the APEC 2027 Conference.

The General Secretary also requested to maintain the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party; strengthen the building of a strong Party organization in terms of political ideology, ethics, organization and cadres; focus on fostering politics, ideology, ethics, lifestyle and enhancing the spirit of "self-control, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, national pride" for cadres and Party members; build a collective leadership style, promote the responsibility of individuals, especially cadres in charge of organization and implementation; improve the effectiveness and efficiency of inspection and supervision work; closely combine "building" and "fighting"; prevent all signs of degradation in political ideology, ethics and lifestyle; build a clean, strong, comprehensive, exemplary Party organization and strong and outstanding mass organizations.

General Secretary To Lam and the delegation took a souvenir photo with the leadership of the Coast Guard Region 4 Command.

The General Secretary believes that under the leadership of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the support of ministries, branches, and local authorities, the Vietnam Coast Guard will excellently fulfill all tasks assigned by the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the People; worthy of being the people's armed forces, the specialized force of the State, the core force in enforcing the law and protecting national security, order, and safety at sea./.

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