PM honours General Department of Defence Intelligence
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on behalf of the Party and State, presented the General Department of Defence Intelligence under the Ministry of National Defence, with a first-class Fatherland Protection Order on October 23, in recognition of its contributions to building and safeguarding the country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre), on behalf of the Party and State, presents the General Department of Defence Intelligence with a first-class Fatherland Protection Order on October 23 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on behalf of the Party andState, presented the General Department of Defence Intelligence under the Ministry of NationalDefence, with a first-class Fatherland Protection Order on October 23, inrecognition of its contributions to building and safeguarding the country.
Since itwas founded 75 years ago, the General Department of Defence Intelligence has fulfilled itsmission as a strategic intelligence unit of the Party and State and a specialisedarm of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, PM Phuc saidin his remarks at a Hanoi ceremony to present the honour and mark the agency’s75th founding anniversary (October 25, 1945).
He urgedthe General Department of Defence Intelligence to constantly promote its working-class nature and revolutionaryspirit, put all of its operational orientations and activities under theleadership of the Party, and preserve the special trust of leaders of the Party,State and armed forces.
It must graspand creatively implement the Party’s views and policies in defence and militaryaffairs in order to keep leaders of the Party, State, Central MilitaryCommission, Ministry of National Defence, and other ministries and localities fully informed about the situation and help them fully handle emerging issues, the PM said.
The government leader addedthat the agency should also take measures to develop a leaner force of skilled,professional, and effective intelligence agents with firm political bravery andstrategic vision./.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre), on behalf of the Party and State, presents the General Department of Defence Intelligence with a first-class Fatherland Protection Order on October 23 (Photo: VNA)
