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DEFENSE NEWS BULLETIN 31.March.2022

1. VIETNAM AND CUBA REPEAT WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN DEFENSE.

Our countries´ cooperation in the military area is a cornerstone of the bilateral relations and a model to foster collaboration in other sectors, General Phan Van Giang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam, said while receiving the diplomat.

Despite the distance, we share revolutionary principals and independence and freedom aspirations, values that presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro taught us and of which our leaders, peoples and armys are heirs, he expressed.

General Giang thanked Cuba for the donation of 150,000 doses of Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 and for sending doctors to face the disease and expressed his wishes for the friendship between both armies.

(Vietnam´s Defense Minister, General Phan Van Giang, and Cuba´s ambassador here, Orlando Hernández Guillén, reaffirmed their countries´ willingness to continue developing their defense ties)

Hernández Guillén recalled that this friendship was forged in the times of the war against the US invader and assured that if then Cubans expressed through Fidel their willingness to give even their blood for Vietnam, nowadays they are willing to save lives with their vaccines and the technology to produce them.

Both officials celebrated their successful fulfillment of the collaboration agenda between the Ministries of Defense and the Revolutionary Armed Forces and other related documents.

(By Prensa Latina – Latin American News Agency)

2. SENIOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL NGUYEN TAN CUONG MEETS WITH HEADS OF DELEGATIONS FROM LAOS AND MYANMAR.

ADMM-2022 –  Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Defence Minister had meetings with the heads of delegations from Laos and Myanmar on the sidelines of the 19th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces’ Meeting (ACDFM-19) in Phnom Penh on March 16.

(Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong (R) and Lieutenant General Khamlieng Outhakaysone, Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army)

(Lieutenant General Khamlieng Outhakaysone presenting a souvenir to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong)

At the meeting with Lieutenant General Khamlieng Outhakaysone, Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, the two sides highly appreciated the traditional relationship, solidarity, and mutual support between the two countries in their past struggles for national independence as well as the present cause of national development.

Regarding defence ties, they agreed to effectively implement existing defence cooperation agreements between Vietnam and Laos.

(Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong (L) and General Maung Maung Aye, Chief of the General Staff of the Myanmar’s Armed Forces)

(General Maung Maung Aye presenting a souvenir to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong)

At the meeting with General Maung Maung Aye, Chief of the General Staff of the Myanmar’s Armed Forces, the two sides spoke highly of the traditional and good friendship between the two peoples and armies over the past time. Regarding defence relations, the head of the Myanmar delegation stressed that his country wished to promote defence cooperation with the VPA, affirming to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese citizens and businesses to do business in Myanmar.

(The delegations of the VPA and the Lao People’s Army in a joint photo)

(The delegations of the VPA and the Myanmar’s Armed Forces in a joint photo)

Regarding multilateral cooperation within ASEAN, the heads of delegations from Laos and Myanmar affirmed that they would send their forces to attend activities chaired by the VPA in 2022.

(By ASEAN Defense  –  Military Meeting Website)

3. VIETNAM DEMANDS CHINA RESPECT EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE FOLLOWING MILITARY DRILL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Vietnam demands that China respect and not violate the former’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Monday with regard to Chinese authorities’ statement on a military drill in the East Vietnam Sea.

(Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang)

Answering reporters’ questions about the Hainan Maritime Safety Administration’s announcement about China’s military drill in the East Vietnam Sea, Hang stated that Vietnam has made a conversation with China on this issue.

Vietnam always keeps a close watch on the developments in the East Vietnam Sea and exercises its sovereignty, sovereignty rights, and jurisdictions at sea in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the diplomat continued.

Part of the area mentioned in China’s statement belongs to the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam as defined by the 1982 UNCLOS.

Vietnam demands that China respect and not violate the former’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, and not take actions to complicate the situation, thus contributing to the maintenance of peace, security, and stability in the East Vietnam Sea, the spokesperson stressed.

The China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) previously announced that the military drill would take place in the East Vietnam Sea section between Vietnam and China’s Hainan Province from March 4 to 15.

The MSA also warned that all ships should stay away from the maritime area.

(By Tuoi Tre News)

4. CHINA OPTIMISTIC ON CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT IRKS VIETNAM WITH MILITARY EXERCISES.

The code of conduct has been under discussion for years by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

(Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is seen on a screen as he attends a news conference via video link on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC), in Beijing, China March 7, 2022)

China has “full confidence in the prospect of finalizing the Code of Conduct” in the South China Sea, Beijing’s top diplomat said Monday, even as China’s military conducted maritime exercises that a Vietnamese analyst said could complicate the negotiations.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi did not give a timeframe for completing the code, or COC, which has been under discussion for years by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN. The code is intended to reduce the risk of conflict in the South China Sea, where China’s expansive claims overlap with those of several ASEAN nations.

Wang said during a press conference on the sidelines of the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress that “advancing COC consultation serves the shared interest” of China and the countries in Southeast Asia.

 “As the consultation enters a crucial stage,” Wang said that both China and other regional countries need to “firmly thwart disturbances.”

“Some countries outside of the region are not happy to see the conclusion of the COC … because that would deny them the ground to meddle in the South China Sea for selfish gain,” Wang said via an interpreter.

The foreign minister went on to accuse Washington of “hegemony,” saying that the real goal of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is to establish another version of NATO.

“The Asia-Pacific is a promising land for cooperation and development, not a chessboard for geopolitical contest,” Wang said.

The U.S. policy and efforts to strengthen military ties with Japan, Australia and India in the so-called Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) are a “disaster that disrupts regional peace and stability,” he said.

Leaders of the four Quad member states held a snap meeting last Thursday to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and its possible impact on the Indo-Pacific.

Charles Edel, Australia chair and senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington, D.C., said the Quad meeting “highlighted not only their concern over what is happening in Ukraine but also their resolve that such blatant violations of the territorial integrity and sovereign independence not take place in the Indo-Pacific region.”

There have been some “inconsistencies” in the four countries’ approach towards Russia, Edel noted, with India abstaining from condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

But “the Quad meeting highlighted the continuing alignment of the members on the importance of the Indo-Pacific,” Edel said, adding, that it also showed “their intent to pushback more forcefully against China’s increased aggression.”

(Military exercise)

As Wang was speaking to journalists in Beijing, China was conducting a 12-day military exercise in the Gulf of Tonkin, just 60 nautical miles (110 kilometers) from Vietnam’s ancient capital of Hue.

China’s Hainan Maritime Safety Administration issued late on Friday a navigation warning banning ships from entering an area that overlaps Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The military drills run from March 4 to 15.

The Vietnamese government has protested, asking China to “respect Vietnam’s EEZ and continental shelf, stop and not to repeat any act that complicates the situation.”

Such unilateral actions would make the COC negotiation harder, analysts suggested.

“This lengthy military exercise will really impede the COC process,” said Viet Hoang, a well-known Vietnamese scholar on South China Sea.

“By this, China seems to also send warning signals not only to Vietnam but other ASEAN countries ahead of the special summit of the U.S. and ASEAN later this month,” he said.

President Joe Biden will host ASEAN leaders in Washington, D.C., on March 28-29. The U.S. sees the region as critical to its efforts to push back against China’s rising power.

China claims historical rights to almost 90 percent of the South China Sea, an area roughly demarcated by its so-called “nine-dash line.” Other claimants have rejected those claims and a 2016 international arbitration tribunal ruled that those claims had no legal basis.

China’s diplomats are believed to be making efforts to speed up negotiations with ASEAN on the COC. But there are major stumbling blocks in the way, such as the nine-dash line and the exclusion of interests and rights that outside parties — other than China and ASEAN — have in the South China Sea in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

South China Sea claimants include ASEAN members Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The other members of the bloc are Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. While Indonesia does not regard itself as party to the South China Sea dispute, Beijing claims historic rights to parts of that sea overlapping Indonesia’s EEZ.

China and ASEAN agreed on a Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea in 2003, but progress on a COC has been slow going, even after a draft agreement was released in 2018.

(By Radio Free Asia)

5. THE VIETNAM PEOPLE’S ARMY AlWAYS MEETS TASK REQUIREMENTS AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTS SOCIAL POLICIES FOR COVID-19 FRONTLINE WORKERS.

Communist Review – Significant contributions of the Vietnam People’s Army in epidemic prevention and control over the past time have been recognized and appreciated by leaders of the Party, State, localities, and people. The Army has been actively involved in epidemic combat; they have overcome enormous difficulties, forgotten themselves to serve people, worked day and night to battle against coronavirus disease, contributing to successfully achieving the “dual goal” of epidemic prevention and control, socio-economic development, and securing national security.

(General Phan Van Giang, Politburo Member, Minister of National Defense encourages military doctors before they move to the South to fight the epidemic)

Over the past time, the complicated development of natural disasters and epidemics has caused enormous damage to the country’s economy and people’s lives, especially the outbreak of the fourth wave of COVID-19 epidemic with the new variant Delta. The coronavirus, which was spreading widely and rapidly throughout the country, especially Ho Chi Minh City and some southern provinces, has ravaged people’s health and lives and affected political security, social order, safety, and economic growth. Faced with that situation, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have strictly grasped the direction of the General Secretary, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, have promptly proposed and implemented appropriate measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic according to the call to action on “fighting epidemics like fighting against the enemy”; They consider this mission as the number one priority in peacetime. Therefore, in any situation, the Army is ready to take the lead in epidemic prevention and control, protecting the people’s health, life and peace; at the same time, several measures have been taken to protect and uphold the rights of frontline workers as well as their families.

In the face of a complicated outbreak of the epidemic, the Ministry of National Defense has issued several documents and official dispatches leading the battle against the epidemic in the whole army, developed and implemented response plans at the central and local level; forecasted the development of complex situations and taken effective measures to prevent crisis far sooner. In order to actively prevent and control the epidemic, functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense have closely monitored the situation with Covid-19, advised and proposed to the Party, Government, Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense the following measures: control, prevent and minimize sources of infection, especially from abroad; well prepare isolation areas, develop emergency response plans to handle spreading epidemic; assess the situation in border regions, coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to forecast the number of Vietnamese people returning from Covid-10 affected countries and territories; reinforce public communication about pandemic by initiating drastic action, keeping public calm, well orienting public opinion, controlling cyberspace; conduct scientific researches and participate in the production and supply of medical equipment, prepare facilities and human resources; closely coordinate with agencies, Party committees, authorities and people nationwide to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Well implementing the principle of “early detection, timely isolation, complete control of epidemics, effective treatment”, military agencies and units have coordinated with local steering committees for epidemic prevention and control to firmly grasp the situation, set up quarantine centers, closely monitor, increase checks and contact tracing, handle unexpected situations, thus contributing to reduce the burden and offer localities support in epidemic prevention and control. Many entities have given up their barracks to establish quarantine centers and field hospitals, ensured good facilities with the “Four on-the-spot motto”, provided accommodation and meals for hundreds of thousands of people in quarantine; They actively directed border, navy, and coast guard forces, closely coordinated with military regions and relevant forces. More than 1,900 checkpoints across land, maritime, coastal borders have been set up to strictly control quarantine centers and hospitals to reduce the risk of spreading disease from infected people to the community. Thousands of officials and soldiers have stayed for months in the border areas in extreme weather conditions, lived a hard life to perform their duties; They have regularly contacted with local people to guide them to comply with epidemic prevention and control measures; They have coordinated with Party committees and local authorities to prevent and control the epidemic and stabilize their lives.

When the epidemic broke out in some localities, the Ministry of National Defense has mobilized forces, vehicles, equipment, chemicals, biological products,… to promptly support localities in epidemic prevention and control. It has worked closely with the local health departments to disinfect, isolate, trace, test, treat, localize and stamp out the outbreak of epidemic with high efficiency. When Ho Chi Minh City and some southern provinces recorded infections on a huge scale, with the spirit: “The Army will come to help people and do not wait till people ask for help”, the Ministry of National Defense has mobilized tens of thousands of medical staff, doctors, nurses, technicians, military medical units and students of Military Medical University, Vietnam – Russia Tropical Centre, Military Institute of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Aviation Medicine and military hospitals such as hospital 108, 354, 105, 110, 7 and so forth. They have also transported hundreds of tons of modern medical equipment, supplies, medicines, chemicals substances, etc for the South. A COVID-19 treatment center and 11 field hospitals have been established with about 6,000 beds, hundreds of teams involved in testing, vaccinating, and controlling disease in the community, hence contributing to reducing pressure on the local health system, improving the effectiveness of epidemic control.

In addition to increasing human resources, medical equipment, and supplies, the Ministry of National Defense has directed military factories to produce thousands of medical oxygen cylinders to treat COVID-19 patients; promptly set up vaccine storage warehouses in military regions and the Hanoi Capital Command; mobilized thousands of vehicles to distribute vaccines to localities, contributing to speeding up the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, especially in Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and municipalities; Besides, it has led research institutions to conduct clinical trials for Nanocovax vaccine produced domestically. The preliminary results are positive. The real-time fluorescent RT-PCR kit for detecting SARS-CoV-2 which is highly sensitive, specific, stable, ensures quality and meets international standards has been successfully manufactured. Foreign affairs, international cooperation, experience exchange, vaccine diplomacy have been strengthened. Equipment, materials, and chemicals have been produced to respond effectively to the coronavirus disease, such as hand sanitizer, disinfectant sprays, mouthwash; disinfection unmanned aerial vehicle, disinfection robot, garbage incinerator, disinfection chamber, protective clothing, decontamination spray vehicle ARS-14 vehicle, disinfection equipment and so forth.

It has closely coordinated with Party committees, local authorities, and forces to set up nearly 5,000 crews to prevent and control the epidemic with the involvement of thousands of officials, soldiers, militia, and self-defense forces in epidemic-hit areas. It has worked hand in hand with patrol supervisors to maintain political security, social order, and safety at checkpoints, isolation, and quarantine areas and to educate, control the respect of social distancing rules of inhabitants. In addition, efforts have been made to help workers and students return to their hometown or quarantine areas under legal regulations. It has supported the community in harvesting, transporting, and consuming agricultural and aquatic products, providing food, organizing “Zero – VND Food booth”, “Zero – VND Rice ATM”, “Mask ATM”, “Gratitude market”… directly providing food and necessities products and medicines to each resident so that no one gets hungry, thirsty or sick without care; a voluntary blood donation movement has been launched in the whole army to join hands to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. The army was not only assigned the responsibility of taking care of Covid-19 patients, but it was also responsible for receiving, storing, burning incense, and transferring the ashes of deceased COVID-19 victims to their relatives quickly and solemnly. A special emulation movement has been launched by the Central Military Commission of the Ministry of National Defense under the theme “The Army and the whole country unite to prevent and win the pandemic fight”. Military soldiers and officials have worked day and night despite difficulties and dangers to protect people’s health and lives. This is not only the duty and responsibility of soldiers but also comes from their hearts.

Thoroughly grasping and implementing the Party’s resolutions, the State’s policies and laws on military policy and the rear, the Ministry of National Defense has actively and proactively performed the army’s tasks in the fight against the pandemic, closely coordinated with relevant ministries, departments, branches and agencies to study, advise and propose to the Government to promulgate resolutions regulating regimes and policies for the force participating in the prevention and combat COVID-19 epidemic in a timely and effective manner⁽¹⁾, such as regulations on subsistence expenses; medical care costs during isolation and quarantine and some special regimes in epidemic context, etc. Under Governmental resolutions, the Ministry of National Defense has directed functional agencies to issue documents guiding the implementation of regulations and policies which apply to military forces during the fight against COVID-19 epidemic to harmonize their implementation throughout the entire army. Accordingly, military forces at the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response are entitled to anti-epidemic allowances, food allowance, subsidiaries for living expenses, and compensation in case of an accident when combatting epidemic…; Depending on the nature of each task, there are different levels of allowances.

Besides, the Ministry of National Defense has proposed to the Ministry of Labor-War Invalids and Social Affairs to have appropriate policies for those who are sick, injured, or deceased for saving lives and public and private property in pandemic combat; as well as for wounded soldiers and martyrs under regulations on preferential policy towards people with meritorious services to the revolution. At the same time, it has directed functional agencies and proposed the Ministry of National Defense to implement other regimes and policies, such as a reward for outstanding performance, pay raise or posthumous award, rank-up…; provide material and spiritual support and create jobs for the spouses, natural children and lawfully adopted children of those who have sacrificed their lives while performing their missions. It promptly directed the Party Committees and entities to closely coordinate with the Party committees, authorities, and local mass organizations where the army settles down to visit and encourage individuals and officials, soldiers directly participating in the battle against pandemic; Moreover, it has supported military families in difficult life situations. This is obviously a sound and timely policy adopted by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, strictly following the guideline of the Party and State on military policy and rear to recognize military sacrifices and contributions, motivate soldiers working at the frontline of COVID-19 combat so that they could accomplish their assigned tasks.

To protect people’s health and life, promote the role of armed forces and take appropriate measures to motivate military forces participating in the frontline of COVID-19 prevention and control, leaders and commanders at all levels and branches in the whole army should give due consideration to the following solutions:

Firstly, effectively implement the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies on COVID-19 prevention and control.

It is essential to promote propaganda, education and raise awareness of officers and soldiers about anti-epidemic activities so that they understand the dangerous and negative impact of disease on the health and life of the people, the socio-economic development of the country in general, and the military missions in particular, and so that they are neither negligent nor overstressed. Consider the epidemic combat as one of the key political tasks and the pandemic combat as a combat mission of the Military in peacetime. In any situation, the army is always a pioneer that the Party, State, and people can rely on. Educate soldiers to promote the glorious tradition and good qualities of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers”, to establish a close-knit relationship with the population, to give them a helping hand, to overcome difficulties and risks of infection to fulfill the anti-epidemic mission, and protect the people’s health and lives. At the same time, it is crucial to promote propaganda, raise awareness and responsibility of all walks of life so that they comply with regulations on disease prevention and control. Due attention should be given to communication so that all classes of people, especially officials and soldiers, clearly see the pre-eminence of regime and policies for COVID-19 positive patients and forces directly participating in epidemic prevention and control in order to promote the power of the whole nation during the fight against coronavirus disease.

Secondly, strengthen leadership, well prepare human and material resources to respond to disease outbreak

Military agencies and entities need to well prepare human and material resources, facilities, drugs, chemicals, and medical supplies. Review to set up new isolation centers to deal with overloaded housing, thus increasing the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the community. Take strict border control to prevent illegal immigration. Ensure protective equipment, military equipment, living conditions, and health care for armed forces on duty at checkpoints. Work closely with departments, ministries, branches, and localities to develop scenarios to respond to potential outbreaks; accomplish the dual goal of combatting epidemic and well-performing military and national defense missions.

Thirdly, bring into play the strength of the whole political system, mobilize resources, closely coordinate with agencies, branches, forces, and localities, and strengthen international cooperation in disease prevention and control.

Currently, epidemic prevention and control becomes the number one priority, requiring close and effective coordination between the healthcare system, polices, authorities, and people in order to promote the overall strength of the country, protect people’s health and lives, maintain political security, social order and safety nationwide. Play to the fullest extent the role of functional agencies and core forces to combat and defeat all plots of hostile forces who, under the pretense of the pandemic, want to destroy the Party, State, and army. Avoid negligence or irresponsibility that could lead to serious consequences. Strengthen international cooperation, vaccine diplomacy, continue to conduct researches to understand better about the disease, propose therapeutic options for COVID-19 treatment; accelerate research process to produce vaccines and drugs, contributing to improving the quality of health care, protecting people’s health and lives, especially those of frontliners.

Fourthly, grasp the current situation, well implement regimes and policies for forces participating in epidemic prevention and control.

The functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense should proactively coordinate with relevant departments, ministries, and branches to finalize legal documents and operational mechanisms in response to natural disasters and epidemics. A particular priority should be given to frontline epidemic prevention workers. These policies must show the Party and State’s interest, be suitable with specific missions of the forces participating in epidemic prevention and control; It is necessary to ensure fairness and harmony with other relevant actors in order to motivate people engaged in the fight against the pandemic. Follow the guidance and concretize policies so that the beneficiaries can feel secure in performing their assigned tasks. Strengthen control and inspection, remove shortcomings and punish violations in the implementation process.

Fifthly, focus on implementing effective policies to motive armed forces and the rear who are involved in anti-pandemic activities, especially those in difficulty.

Take care of the material and spiritual life of officials and soldiers at the frontline of epidemic combat, as well as soldiers in the rear, so that they can feel assured and devote all their energies to the fight against the disease. Ensure smooth coordination between ideological education and policy formulation and implementation to take care of the army’s rear; promote the strength of all forces, closely coordinate military units with Party Committees and local authorities where military families live to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Promptly solve arising problems, ensure the peace of mind for people who are assigned missions and their relatives so that they could complete their tasks epidemic prevention and control.

Sixthly, strengthen the disease prevention and control in the army; well perform the drawing of experience, praising and rewarding typical organizations and individuals.

Strictly follow anti-epidemic rules to prevent the spread of the disease into military units. Strengthen propaganda to increase the vigilance of soldiers during the combat against pandemic; especially “5K” message launched by the Ministry of Health. Improve the health of soldiers so that they can study, work and be willing to fight. Ensure that armed forces are safely vaccinated against COVID-19, well prepare human resources, medical supplies, and equipment to respond to a crisis. Effectively implement social policies and a special emulation movement: “The Army joins hands with the whole nation to fight and win COVID-19 pandemic” launched by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense; conduct preliminary and final reviews, draw experiences and reward officials and soldiers directly involved in anti-epidemic activities. Recognition and reward must be announced in a timely manner at different levels and fields; due consideration should be given to ad hoc rewards for organizations and individuals that have made outstanding achievements, thus facilitating positive spillover effects and inspiring officials and soldiers to fulfill their tasks, raise vigilance and combat readiness.

The significant contributions of the Vietnam People’s Army in epidemic prevention and control over the past time have been recognized and appreciated by the leaders of the Party, State, localities, and people. The army has been actively involved in epidemic combat; they have overcome enormous difficulties, forgotten themselves to serve people, effectively implemented social policies for COVID-19 frontline heroes. They have also upheld their sense of responsibility and determination to fulfill their assigned task in protecting the people’s health and lives, contributing to successfully achieving the “dual goal” of epidemic prevention and control, socio-economic development, and securing national security, promoting the glorious tradition and good qualities of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” of the heroic Vietnamese People’s Army in the new era.

(By Communist Review)

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