A bowl of glorious traditions of the heroic Vietnam People's Army
On October 18, in Hanoi, the General Department of Defense Intelligence (General Department II), Ministry of National Defense solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam Defense Intelligence Traditional Day (October 25, 1945 - October 25, 2025) and received the Ho Chi Minh Medal.
General Secretary To Lam - Secretary of the Central Military Commission attended and gave a speech at the Commemoration Ceremony. Politburo members: President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; central and local departments, ministries and branches sent congratulatory flower baskets.
Also attending were members of the Politburo, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; members of the Politburo, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; and members of the Politburo, members of the Secretariat, leaders of departments, ministries and branches.
Speaking at the Ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam - Secretary of the Central Military Commission - affirmed that over 80 years of building, fighting and growing, generations of officers and soldiers of the National Defense intelligence have always clearly demonstrated their steadfast political will, absolute loyalty to the Party's revolutionary cause, silently fighting, proactively resolutely advancing against the enemy, steadfastly overcoming all challenges and difficulties, and excellently completing assigned tasks.
Those silent sacrifices have contributed to beautifying the glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnam People's Army. The "Uncle Ho's soldiers", the intelligence soldiers fighting on the intelligence front - with their loyalty, honesty, and their contributions and sacrifices have built and fostered the special affection and trust of our Party, State, Army and People.
Continue to perform well the role of a strategic intelligence agency of the Party and State
Regarding the direction and tasks in the coming time, the General Secretary stated that the world is currently in a period of epochal change; the world and regional situation will continue to fluctuate complicatedly. In the country, besides advantages, there are many intertwined difficulties and challenges, posing increasingly high requirements and tasks for building and defending the Fatherland, including the task of the National Defense Intelligence Service.
To successfully complete the task in the new situation, the General Secretary requested that the National Defense Intelligence must constantly care to enhance class and revolutionary character, always affirming that it is an absolutely loyal and especially trustworthy force of the Party, State, Army and people; continue to perform well its role as a strategic intelligence agency of the Party, State and a specialized military intelligence agency of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense.
Defense intelligence must serve more effectively and efficiently the leaders of the Party, State, Army and local departments, ministries and branches in assessing and assessing the situation, determining policies and strategies and handling situations; striving to further improve the quality of activities, maintaining the special trust of the leaders of the Party, State and Army in the Defense Intelligence sector.
The General Secretary suggested that the sector regularly review the organizational apparatus, perfect the organizational structure in the direction of "streamlining, efficiency, and proper function"; ensure increasingly high suitability between quantity and quality, between force components, between functions and tasks with scale, quality of organization and ability to perform tasks, between the current task performing force and the next and next forces; build a solid and flexible intelligence posture, maximizing the combined strength of methods and forces.
The National Defense Intelligence sector must always focus on building a team of revolutionary intelligence officers, taking that as a foundation in building a revolutionary intelligence force; building a team of officers with strong political will, sharp vision and professional thinking, qualifications, professional knowledge commensurate with their duties and tasks, with reasonable numbers and increasingly high quality, meeting the requirements of the tasks both in the short term and in the long term.
At the ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam presented the Ho Chi Minh Medal to General Department II, Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Traditional Day.
