President urges stronger development of Vietnamese military science, art and culture
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the National Defence Academy (NDA) to step up research and development of Vietnamese military and defence science, as well as military art and culture.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets NDA's leaders, officers (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)ꩵ – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the NationalDefence Academy (NDA) to step up research and development of Vietnamese military and defencescience, as well as military art and culture.
President Phuc, who is also Commander of the Armed Forces and Chairman of the National Defence and SecurityCouncil, made the request during a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of traditional day of the NDA in Hanoi on December 31. He affirmed that one of the important matters is Party building in the army andtraining a contingent of cadres and officers for the Vietnam People’s Army witha strong political mettle, moral virtue, strategic vision and leadershipcapacity who could brave difficulties and take actions for common interests. In such spirit, the President urged the NDA to continue improving trainingquality by actively renewing its teaching methods, closely grasp the situation andbetter its strategic forecasting ability to offer early counseling to the CentralMilitary Commission and Ministry of National Defence, protect the ideologicalfoundation of the Party, and continue suggesting measures to defeat allmalicious plots by hostile forces, thus enhancing Vietnam’s position on theinternational arena. President Phuc said the NDA needs to add and change new fightingmethods to meet demand in the new situation, mobilise the participatioon of scientists athome and abroad in scientific research, expand and improve internationalcooperation, continue offering training to Lao and Cambodian senior military officers,and open multi-national training courses for defence officers. The President expressed his belief that under the Party andState's leadership, and the direct helm of the Central Military Commission and the Ministryof National Defence, the NDA would develop stronger and reap greater achievementsin the cause of education-training, helping to build a revolutionary,regular, elite and modern Vietnam People’s Army and firmly safeguarding thesocialist Fatherland.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents first-class National Protection Order to the NDA (Photo: VNA)
In his speech, NDA Director Associate Prof. Dr. Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Viet Khoa said onJanuary 3, 1977, the High-Level Military Academy (now NDA) opened its first training course. Over the past 45years, it has organised over 400 courses and trained tens of thousands ofhigh-ranking officers. Many of them had and have been taking important positions inthe Party, State and army. It also offered 81 training courses for over 700foreign senior military officers. On the occasion, President Phuc presented a first-class NationalProtection Order to the NDA./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets NDA's leaders, officers (Photo: VNA) 
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents first-class National Protection Order to the NDA (Photo: VNA) 
