Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense attended and directed the conference.

Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Military Region; Lieutenant General Ha Tho Binh - Deputy Party Secretary, Commander of the Military Region chaired the conference.

Attending the conference were comrades of the Party Central Committee: Do Trong Hung - Secretary of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee; Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Trung Dung - Secretary of Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee; Vu Dai Thang - Secretary of Quang Binh Provincial Party Committee, Le Quang Tung - Secretary of Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee; Le Truong Luu - Secretary of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee. Also attending were comrades in the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, the Military Region Command; comrade Vo Van Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Tri Province; representatives of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense; Commanders, Political Commissars of the Military Commands of 6 provinces and agencies of the Military Region.

Complete military and defense tasks well

In 2023, under the leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense; the Party Committee and Command of Military Region 4 together with local Party committees and authorities of 6 provinces focused on leading and directing the successful completion of military, national defense and Party building tasks, many of which were completed well and excellently.

Notably, he has thoroughly and seriously implemented the resolutions, directives and regulations of the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on military and defense tasks; maintained and strictly implemented the combat readiness regime; coordinated with forces to grasp and correctly assess the situation, promptly handle situations, and maintain political stability and local security.

Along with that, doing a good job of preparing training for subjects to ensure content, time, and number of troops; training results, qualifications, and combat readiness are improved; implementing the Project "Improving the quality and effectiveness of mass mobilization work of the armed forces of Military Region 4 in special areas in the Military Region for the period 2023 - 2030 and the following years" associated with building a strong grassroots political system, national target programs, highly appreciated by local Party committees and authorities, creating a spreading effect.

Focus on leading and directing the implementation of three breakthroughs in the spirit of the Resolution of the 11th Military Region Party Congress and the 2023 breakthrough of the Military Region Party Committee "on adjusting the organization of forces; improving the quality of training, education and training; creating a steady change in building discipline and abiding by discipline"...

Regarding the direction of leadership in implementing the tasks in 2024, the Party Committee of Military Region 4 determined: Focus on leading and directing the promotion of comprehensive strength, building a national defense for all people, defense of the Military Region, defense areas at all levels and a solid "people's heart position"; flexibly handle situations, avoid being passive and surprised; effectively respond to non-traditional security challenges. Improve the quality of training, education and training; build discipline, enforce discipline, build a comprehensively strong unit "Exemplary, typical"; carry out military administrative reform, develop e-Government and digital transformation in the armed forces of the Military Region.

Successfully organize the emulation congresses at all levels and the emulation congresses of the armed forces of the Military Region for the period 2019 - 2024. Build a strong Party organization of the Military Region in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres; well prepare for the Party Congresses at all levels for the term 2025 - 2030; strive to excellently complete the tasks of 2024 and the goals and targets set by the Congress for the term 2020 - 2025. Focus on implementing the breakthrough "Improving the quality of training, combat readiness , and exercises; complying with discipline and leadership capacity, and fighting strength of grassroots Party committees".

Don't be passive or surprised.

Speaking at the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam - Deputy Minister of National Defense, on behalf of the Central Military Commission and the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, commended, acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of the Party Committee and the Military Region 4 Command in leading, directing and organizing the implementation of tasks over the past year. At the same time, he sincerely thanked the Party Committee, authorities and people in the area for their trust, support, protection, assistance and creation of favorable conditions for the armed forces of the Military Region to successfully and excellently complete the assigned tasks.

Regarding the direction of leadership in implementing the tasks in 2024, Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam requested the Party Committee of Military Region 4 to focus on leading and directing the implementation of the following contents: Continue to thoroughly grasp and resolutely implement resolutions, strategies, projects, laws on military, national defense, the Law on Civil Defense; Resolution of the 8th Central Committee, Session XIII on the strategy of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation... concretize and determine leadership policies and measures close to the characteristics of the situation and tasks of the Military Region and the reality of the provinces; raise awareness of the task of protecting the Fatherland for officers, soldiers of the armed forces and people in the area.

Continue to innovate and improve the quality of consulting with the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense in state management of military and national defense in the Military Region. Strictly implement the combat readiness regime and state management of national defense in the area. Proactively coordinate closely with the Public Security, Border Guard forces, and units of the Ministry stationed in the area to grasp the situation, prepare plans, forces, and means to protect sovereignty in all directions, and carry out well the work of surveying, forecasting, warning, mitigating, and being ready to respond promptly and effectively to natural disasters and catastrophes - this is the "combat" task of the Army in peacetime; not to be passive or surprised, to maintain political security, social order and safety, and socio-economic development.

Closely coordinate with localities to mobilize, manage and effectively use resources, build a strong national defense, a national defense posture associated with a solid people's security posture, build defense zones, socio-economic programs and projects associated with national defense and security; allocate budgets to invest in building defense works at district and provincial levels. Focus on building and improving the overall quality of local army forces, reserve forces, militia and self-defense forces, especially regular militia participating in protecting sovereignty over seas and islands and regular militia combat posts on land borders.

Focus on leadership to improve the quality of combat readiness, training, education - training, and exercises; build a comprehensively strong "Exemplary, typical" unit; pay attention to building a politically strong armed force of the Military Region, focus on doing well the work of political education, managing the ideology of soldiers, grasping and orienting public opinion of cadres, soldiers and people; protect the ideological foundation of the Party; ensure that in all difficult and complicated situations, cadres and soldiers are always steadfast, politically steadfast, absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland, and the People; strictly maintain discipline and order; promote the tradition of the heroic Zone 4, successfully completing all assigned tasks.

Along with that, continue to focus on doing a good job of building Party committees and organizations at all levels that are strong in politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres, have comprehensive leadership capacity and high fighting strength...