The Central Military Commission Standing Committee gave opinions on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.

( Bqp.vn ) - On the morning of August 7, in Hanoi, General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense chaired the Central Military Commission Standing Committee meeting to review and give opinions on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.

Conference scene.

Attending the conference were comrades of the Party Central Committee, members of the Central Military Commission: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army. Comrades of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense: Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh; Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam.

Attending the conference were: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; and commanders of a number of functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense.

General Phan Van Giang chaired the conference.

Speaking at the conference, General Phan Van Giang praised the relevant agencies for upholding their sense of responsibility, proactively coordinating, and completing relevant contents and documents to ensure they are complete enough to submit to the Government and the National Assembly Standing Committee to issue a resolution, serving as a basis for drafting the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.

Given the importance of developing and promulgating the Law, General Phan Van Giang requested relevant agencies and units to continue to closely coordinate and promptly develop and complete relevant documents; in parallel with amending the Law, it is necessary to develop decrees and circulars so that when the Law comes into effect, it can be implemented immediately, without any gaps.

Conference delegates.

The Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army was passed by the 10th National Assembly, 6th Session on December 21, 1999, effective from April 1, 2000 and amended and supplemented in 2008 and 2014. After nearly 10 years of implementation, it has been shown that the Law on Officers (amended) has created motivation for officers to strive to fulfill their assigned duties and tasks, truly being the core in building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and gradually modern Vietnam People's Army, contributing to building and firmly protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.

However, in the process of implementing the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army, a number of difficulties and shortcomings have arisen...; in response to these requirements, the Ministry of National Defense has developed a draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army in accordance with the prescribed procedures, expected to be submitted to the National Assembly in accordance with the shortened procedures, for comments and approval at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Thuy Linh