The press contributes to building a "tight, compact, strong, and modern" Army

On the afternoon of January 8, in Hanoi, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) organized a conference to summarize the press and publishing work of the entire army in 2025, and deploy directions and tasks for 2026.

Presiding over the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To - Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army - acknowledged and praised the efforts of agencies and units throughout the army, for coordinating well in propaganda and publishing work in 2025.

At the same time, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To thanked the press agencies inside and outside the Army for actively coordinating and organizing timely and profound propaganda on military and defense activities in the past time.

Affirming that the press is a shock force on the ideological and cultural front of the Party, playing a particularly important role in orienting public opinion, maintaining the ideological battlefield in the Army, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To requested agencies and units; press and publishing agencies to strictly comply with the guiding documents of the Party, State, Ministry of National Defense, General Department of Politics on press and publishing work; continue to do well in state management of press and publishing activities; strictly implement the work of speaking and providing information to the press at all levels; actively coordinate to promote propaganda on military, defense, and defense foreign affairs tasks; build and well implement the press digital transformation plan.

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Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To emphasized that 2026 is the year of the 14th National Party Congress, election of National Assembly deputies of the 16th term and People's Council deputies of all levels for the 2026-2031 term; the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 12th Party Congress of the Army, posing increasingly high requirements for press and publishing work.

Agencies and units need to continue to innovate the content and methods of propaganda; strengthen the struggle to protect the Party's ideological foundation; proactively coordinate propaganda on military, national defense and foreign defense tasks, contributing to building a "tight, compact, strong, modern" Army, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new situation.

In 2025, the world and regional situation continues to be complicated and unpredictable. Many important political events took place in the country; the entire Party, people, and army drastically implemented many major policies and decisions; hostile forces continued to promote the opposition to the Party, State and Army.

In that context, with the close leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Department of Politics, the press and publishing work of the entire army in 2025 has closely followed the central political task, achieving many important and comprehensive results.

Propaganda coordination between agencies inside and outside the Army has been strengthened. Hundreds of thousands of high-quality news, articles, photos, programs, and video clips have been posted, broadcast, and widely spread the noble image of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers" in the new era, especially in training, combat readiness, defense diplomacy, helping people prevent, combat, overcome the consequences of natural disasters, search and rescue, and participate in the United Nations peacekeeping force...

At the conference, the Organizing Committee awarded Certificates of Merit from the Minister of National Defense to 20 collectives and 17 individuals; Certificates of Merit from the Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army to 20 collectives and 19 individuals for their outstanding achievements in directing, propagating the press, publishing on military, national defense and Vietnam People's Army tasks.