Building a lean, strong, modern Air Defense - Air Force

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized: It is necessary to build a strong, compact, and modern Air Defense - Air Force Service, improve overall quality, and meet the requirements and tasks of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.

On the morning of October 19, in Hanoi , National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the Ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Air Defense - Air Force tradition day (October 22, 1963 - October 22, 2023).

Attending the ceremony were Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense , General Phan Van Giang and Party Central Committee members: Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong; Secretary General of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong; Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee, Lieutenant General Le Tan Toi.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attends the 60th Anniversary of the Air Defense - Air Force tradition day

On this occasion, General Secretary, Secretary of the Central Military Commission Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent congratulatory flower baskets; the President sent a letter of commendation to the Air Defense - Air Force Service. News by reporter Le Tuyet.

Over the past 60 years, generations of officers and soldiers of the Air Defense - Air Force have achieved many glorious feats and outstanding achievements. During the two resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism, the Air Defense - Air Force has always affirmed its role as the core force on the air front, in the people's war to protect the Fatherland.

In the cause of building and defending the Fatherland today, especially in recent years, the Air Defense - Air Force Service has focused on leading and directing the building of a comprehensively strong Service in the direction of "revolutionary, disciplined, elite, modern", mastering weapons and equipment, improving training quality, qualifications and combat readiness to firmly protect the Fatherland's sky; actively participating and making many important contributions in search and rescue, helping people overcome the consequences of natural disasters, epidemics, hunger eradication, poverty reduction... contributing to shining the beautiful image of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the hearts of the people.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue highly appreciated, acknowledged and commended the feats and achievements that generations of officers and soldiers of the Air Defense - Air Force have achieved over the past 60 years.

National Assembly Chairman takes a photo with leaders of Air Defense - Air Force

The National Assembly Chairman said that the context of the world and regional situation has been evolving rapidly, complicatedly and unpredictably, requiring military guidelines and national defense strategies to continue to be innovated and improved to meet the requirements of the task of building and protecting the Fatherland in the new situation; strengthening national defense and security, proactively responding to and promptly handling situations, effectively preventing plots and sabotage activities of hostile forces; firmly upholding the goal of national independence and socialism; resolutely, persistently and proactively creating opportunities, firmly protecting the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, airspace, sea, border and sacred islands of the Fatherland; maintaining a peaceful and stable environment and favorable conditions for national construction and development.

Building a "people's heart position" and taking "people's peace" as the decisive factor for all victories

To continue promoting the heroic tradition of the Air Defense - Air Force Service, excellently completing all assigned tasks, firmly protecting the sky of the Fatherland, agreeing with the directions of the Service, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue suggested that the Air Defense - Air Force Service firmly adhere to the principle of always maintaining and strengthening the absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the Party, the centralized and unified management and administration of the State for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland; relying on the people, taking "the people as the root", arousing and promoting the will of self-reliance, self-strengthening, cultural traditions, patriotism, the strength of the great national unity bloc, building a "people's heart position", taking "people's peace" as the decisive factor for all victories in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

In addition, continue to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the Resolution of the 13th National Congress, the Resolutions and Directives of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission on the task of ensuring national defense and security, building a lean, strong, modernized military service, improving overall quality, meeting the requirements and tasks of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation. Thoroughly grasp and promptly and effectively implement the new resolutions of the 8th Central Conference of the 13th tenure, especially the Resolution on "Strategy for protecting the Fatherland in the new situation" after being approved by the Central Executive Committee.

The Air Defense - Air Force Service constantly innovates and improves the quality of training, combat readiness, and mastery of modern weapons and equipment; focuses on building a team of cadres at all levels with practical capacity and high professional qualifications, effectively absorbing and applying science and technology in training and combat; improving the capacity to repair, produce and apply new technological achievements; researching and proposing to supplement modern technical weapons and equipment, meeting mission requirements and suitable to the practical situation of the country.

The National Assembly Chairman noted that the Air Defense - Air Force Service needs to regularly study and grasp the situation, plots and tricks of the enemy, especially the enemy's air defense combat targets in air attacks with high-tech weapons, thereby proposing plans and determination to fight accurately and promptly, constantly perfecting the air defense posture associated with the defense posture in each area. Thoroughly grasp and well implement the policy of protecting the Fatherland early and from afar, absolutely not being passive or surprised in any situation. At the same time, play a good advisory role for the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to build the people's air defense forces and the entire army's air force, creating a strong and comprehensive posture, increasingly developing widely, ready to fight to firmly protect the Fatherland's sky.

The National Assembly Chairman requested that it is necessary to continue to study and summarize theory and practice, draw valuable lessons from the practice of our people in the wars of liberation and the wars to protect our country as well as recent wars in the world, especially in major air defense campaigns, to apply in new conditions and situations. Step by step, research and summarize military theory and the military art of modern air defense operations; consider education, training and combat training as a central and regular task of all levels; training must be close to the requirements of the mission and close to the reality of current combat.

Continue to focus on caring for and building clean and strong Party organizations and political systems, building a contingent of cadres and Party members equal to the task, maintaining the absolute and direct leadership of the Party in all aspects in all situations. Focus on improving the comprehensive leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party Committee of the Military Service, building a strong Party Committee in terms of politics, ideology, organization, ethics and cadres. Promote the role and responsibility of leading and key cadres to set an example in implementing tasks.

Thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the Party's foreign policy and viewpoints, on that basis, research and promote defense diplomacy, actively contribute to ensuring weapons, equipment and training high-quality human resources, close to the practical situation and current tasks of protecting the Fatherland; consider it an important foundation in building a regular, modern Army and making defense diplomacy truly an important factor in firmly protecting the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, creating a favorable international environment for national construction and development.

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that after 60 years of building and fighting, the Air Defense - Air Force has continuously grown and matured; overcoming all hardships and sacrifices, fighting harder and harder, fighting more and more, winning more and more, contributing to beautifying the glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnamese nation, the heroic Vietnam People's Army, and the heroic Vietnam Air Defense - Air Force.

With the achievements, dangerous feats and heroic traditions over the past 60 years, the National Assembly Chairman believes that, under the leadership of the Party, the management of the State, directly by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, all cadres, generals, officers and soldiers of the Air Defense - Air Force will continue to strive, overcome all difficulties and challenges, continue to promote the achievements, successfully complete the cause of building and protecting the sky of the Fatherland; strive to build the Air Defense - Air Force "revolutionary, disciplined, elite, modern" by 2030; worthy of the heroic tradition of the Service, and the trust and love of the Party, State and People.

At the ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presented gifts to the Air Defense - Air Force Service and representatives of the martyrs' families. On the occasion of Vietnamese Women's Day, October 20, the National Assembly Chairman presented flowers to representatives of the Women's Service./.

According to vov.vn

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