Colonel Le Xuan Binh and Colonel Nguyen Thanh Trung are promoted to the rank of Major General
The Ministry of National Defense has just held a ceremony to announce and award decisions on personnel work.
At the ceremony, the Ministry of National Defense announced and awarded decisions of the President to promote cadres to the rank of general.
In which, Military Region 7 has two officers promoted from Colonel to Major General: Mr. Le Xuan Binh - Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of Military Region 7 and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung - Political Commissar of the Ho Chi Minh City Command.

Party Committee - Border Guard Command announces and awards decisions on personnel work
On December 28, in Cao Bang, the Party Committee - Border Guard Command organized a Conference to announce and award decisions on personnel work and hand over the responsibilities and tasks of Commander, Political Commissar of the Border Guard Command of Cao Bang province.
According to the decision of the Minister of National Defense, Colonel Dinh Duc Hung - Deputy Commander of Cao Bang Provincial Military Command, concurrently Commander of Cao Bang Provincial Border Guard Command and Colonel Dang Hong Quan - Deputy Political Commissar of Cao Bang Provincial Military Command concurrently Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard Command are entitled to retirement in anticipation according to the regime.
At the same time, according to the decision of the Minister of National Defense, Colonel Luong Tuan Long - Deputy Political Commissar of the Border Guard Command of Cao Bang province was appointed to hold the position of Political Commissar of the Border Guard Command of the province.
At the conference, Colonel Dinh Duc Hung handed over the responsibilities and tasks of Commander of the Border Guard Command of Cao Bang province to Colonel Nguyen Van Dien - Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the Border Guard Command of the province.
Colonel Dang Hong Quan handed over the responsibilities and tasks of the Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard Command to Colonel Luong Tuan Long.

Handing over decisions to 4 military officers performing UN peacekeeping missions
On December 31, in Hanoi, the Ministry of National Defense organized a ceremony to award the President's decision, the Minister of National Defense's decision to 4 officers of the Vietnam People's Army to perform the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Vu Thi Lien - Assistant to the Training Department, Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, participated in the application and was admitted to the position of Expert on Security and Defense Policy at the United Nations Office for Peace and Security in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium.
Lieutenant Colonel Dang Thu Ha - former editor of the People's Army Newspaper, was assigned to replace Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Huyen Anh, taking on the position of Communication Officer (MPIO) at the MINUSCA mission, Central African Republic.
Captain Nguyen Huy Khai - Assistant for External Relations, Military Hospital 175, was assigned to replace Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huy Tuan, taking on the position of Chief of Staff for Equipment (COE) at the MINUSCA mission.
Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram - officer of the Vietnam Coast Guard, was assigned to replace Lieutenant Colonel Bui Thi Minh Nguyet, taking on the position of Staff Officer (SO Training) at the MINUSCA Mission.