Build big ambitions
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - December 22, 2024), the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day (December 22, 1989 - December 22, 2024), this afternoon (December 18), in Hanoi, General Secretary To Lam - Secretary of the Central Military Commission met and encouraged delegates of the young generation in the Army, according to VNA.
Also attending were General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; Party Central Committee Secretaries: Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Nguyen Duy Ngoc; Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet - Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.
At the meeting, General Secretary To Lam expressed his pleasure to meet the outstanding youth delegates of the Army, representing hundreds of thousands of young army members who are performing their civic duties and glorious missions across the country.
The General Secretary emphasized that after 40 years of renovation, with the position and strength that have been accumulated, with new opportunities and fortunes, our country is facing a historic opportunity to enter a new era, an era of development and prosperity; contributing more and more to peace, stability, and development in the region and the world, to human happiness and civilization.
Those wishes and aspirations depend largely on the youth force, in which the Army youth plays an important role, is the core, is the leader. The Party, the State and the people are waiting, have great expectations for the breakthrough, the effort to rise up, "surpass themselves" of the Army youth.
The General Secretary suggested that young people in the Army need to study and cultivate revolutionary ethics; be absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, and filial to the people. Live honestly and responsibly towards themselves, their families, and society; always cultivate virtue, train their talents, study, and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style; "have little desire for material things" as Uncle Ho taught; always be self-aware, concerned about what to do, how to do it, and actively act to contribute to building our Army to become increasingly mature and strong, and our homeland and country to become increasingly rich and strong.
The General Secretary advised that the youth of the Army must build great ambitions based on the spirit of "confidence, self-reliance, self-reliance, self-strengthening, and national pride" to create mettle and intelligence, great and lasting values, placed in a high sense of responsibility to the Fatherland and the people, firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, national and ethnic interests, protecting revolutionary achievements, and enhancing Vietnam's contribution to world peace, the global economy, and human civilization.
Great ambitions must be nurtured by great passions and concrete actions; great and meaningful goals for the Party, the Fatherland and the people; established by steadfast will, high discipline and strong courage; by the qualities and spirit of "Uncle Ho's soldiers".
Take the lead in building a strong, lean and elite army
In the new revolutionary period, the General Secretary noted that the Army's youth must take the lead in implementing the Party's policies, first of all, building a lean, strong, modern Army, in national digital transformation, preventing and combating waste, and in movements to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses.
At the same time, promote the spirit of initiative and creativity of young people, help people eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, develop socio-economy, prevent and overcome the consequences of natural disasters, search and rescue, volunteer activities; actively study, practice, conduct scientific research and apply scientific and technological achievements to military activities; master knowledge, master weapons and technical equipment; be proactive and creative to make breakthroughs in improving the quality of training, combat readiness and production labor...
General Secretary To Lam believes that the youth of the entire army will do their utmost to contribute together with the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people to maintain the achievements of the revolution, and achieve the two strategic goals of 100 years under the leadership of the Party and 100 years of the founding of the country, forever worthy of the trust and expectations of the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and the people of the whole country.
