On February 3, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics chaired a conference to implement the Ministry of National Defense-level social science and military humanities program "Research and development of the theory of building the Vietnam People's Army to meet the requirements and tasks of the new era" (code number XB-01).
The report on the results and opinions expressed at the conference unanimously assessed that the Ministry of National Defense-level social science and military human science program "Research and development of the theory of building the Vietnam People's Army to meet the requirements and tasks of the new era" is of particular importance, directly contributing to summarizing practice and developing the theory of building the Vietnam People's Army in the new context;
Clarify the core issues of building a strong Army in terms of politics, ideology, organization, ethics; Developing high-quality human resources; Modernizing equipment and technology; Strengthening the flesh and blood relationship between the army and the people; Improving the effectiveness of defense diplomacy and international integration.
After listening to the report and speeches at the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To highly appreciated the spirit of responsibility, meticulous preparation and heartfelt and profound speeches of the delegates. At the same time, he emphasized that this is a large-scale scientific program with comprehensive content, fundamental and long-term scientific orientation.
Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To requested that, based on closely following the reality of building the Army and the task of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation; The topics must take practical summaries as an important basis for developing theory, closely combining military theory with political theory, social science and military humanities.
Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To requested to improve the responsibility of the Program Steering Committee, the units in charge of the project and the scientific management agency; Do a good job of guiding, inspecting, urging, promptly removing difficulties and obstacles, ensuring the correct process, progress and quality of research.
Along with that, it is necessary to promote the role of the Project Steering Committees and research collectives; Develop a strict scientific plan; Organize serious and objective research; Focus on product quality, scientific value and applicability to practical leadership and direction in building the Army. Strengthen coordination between agencies, academies, schools, and units throughout the army; Expand academic exchanges with reputable experts and scientists.
Based on the opinions expressed at the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To requested the Standing Agency of the program to fully absorb and urgently complete the implementation plan; Specify the roadmap and milestones for each stage; Regularly report to the Program Steering Committee and the Department of Military Science on the implementation results.