Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on Vietnam's militarypolicy and defence strategy has further clarified the Party’smindset about this regard amid new and complex developments in the world, andaffirmed the Party’s comprehensive leadership over the army during the constructionand defence of the socialist Fatherland.

The recently released book, titled “Some issues about themilitary policy, defence strategy during the cause of building anddefending the socialist Vietnam Fatherland in the new period”, comprises 39articles, speeches, and interviews of the leader, who is alsoSecretary of the Central Military Commission.

Some experts,researchers, and officials said the core and breakthrough point in the Partyleader’s mindset about the military policy and defence strategy manifested in thebook is that the safeguard of the national independence and self-reliance mustbe connected with that of peace. This is a creative and uniquetheoretical thought on military and defence that identifies the protection of apeaceful environment as a consistent objective of the building of the defence -military synergy.

Dang Van Son, PermanentDeputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Xuan Tao ward in Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liemdistrict, said the book reflects the General Secretary’s consistent thoughtabout the leadership and directions over the Fatherland safeguarding in the newperiod.

Valuable in terms ofboth theory and practice, it could be considered a “lodestar” for military anddefence tasks to protect the socialist Fatherland in the new period and duringthe international integration process, he went on.

Echoing the view, lawyer Ha Huy Tu, Director ofthe legal consulting centre for the poor and community development at theVietnam Lawyers Association, said the book demonstrates the Party leader’s dialecticalmindset and strategic vision while further clarifying the Party’s theoreticalthought about the country’s military policy and defence strategy amid new andcomplex developments in the world. It also emphasises and affirms the Party’scomprehensive and direct leadership over the Vietnam People’s Army during thebuilding and protection of the socialist Fatherland.

Thebook will have substantial influence on the country as well as others in theworld, he said, adding that holding great significance, it is the lodestar for Vietnam’s military policyand defence strategy not only at present but also in the future.

Son noted the book helps readers grasp and smartly apply predecessors’ lessons of “concurrently building and defendingthe country” and “defending the country before it is in danger”, and especiallypreventing and eliminating risks of wars and conflicts early and from afar.

It is anextremely valuable handbook for each Party cadre and member, and people to thoroughlyunderstand the policy on all-people national defence and the task of Fatherlandsafeguarding in the new context, and for all-level Party organisations,authorities and sectors, especially those at the grassroots level, to promotethe entire political system’s role and sense of responsibly towards nationaldefence, according to the local official./.