Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army chaired the conference. Attending the conference were representatives of central and local departments, ministries and branches; leaders of agencies and units under the Central Military Commission (CMC), the Ministry of National Defense ; delegates representing collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements and typical awards. The conference was held directly at the General Department of Politics hall, connecting with 92 points throughout the army.

Many good models, creative ways of doing things

With the spirit of "Wherever there is difficulty, there are soldiers; soldiers proactively come to the people, not waiting for the people to have difficulties to come to the soldiers", in recent years, the "Skilled Civil Affairs" campaign and the building of "Good Civil Affairs Units" have been systematically implemented by units with many creative and effective contents, methods and approaches. Each model introduced is truly a vivid lesson demonstrating the spirit of solidarity between the army and the people, closely attached and steadfast.

Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To presented certificates of merit from the Minister of National Defense to the groups. Photo: HOANG VIET

At the conference, delegates were impressed when watching the introduction of the "Seeds of Faith" model of Forestry Farm 42 ( Economic -Defense Group 327, Military Region 3). In the mountainous Northeast region of the country, Luc Phu village has more than 86% of households being ethnic minorities, once one of the most difficult areas of Hai Son commune, Quang Ninh province. People went through days of confusion, not knowing what to plant or what to raise to make a living. Concerned with the concerns of the people, Forestry Farm 42 coordinated with local authorities to develop household economy, building in the direction of agroforestry, garden-barn-forest. This is a form of comprehensive production, harmoniously combining cultivation, livestock and afforestation on the same land fund in an ecological, circular and sustainable direction. After 5 years of implementation, the model has had positive changes. The army not only gave farming methods and techniques, but more valuable, it gave people the confidence to rise up and create a new life in the border area.

"If you are good at mass mobilization, everything will be successful." Uncle Ho's advice has become a guiding principle for cadres and employees in the petroleum industry. Under the leadership of the Party Committee of the Petroleum Department (General Department of Logistics and Technology), many practical mass mobilization models have been born, in which the highlight is the model "Pipeline of the people's hearts" which has been widely deployed since 2011. In Lang Giang commune, Bac Ninh province, for many years, Mr. Nguyen Khac Hung has been attached to the silent work: Preparing tools to inspect petroleum pipelines every time he goes into the forest. If he discovers a problem with the pipeline, he will mobilize people to fix it immediately and report it to the unit. Along with Mr. Hung, hundreds of people in other areas are silently contributing to ensuring the safety of petroleum pipelines.

From practice, many creative models and good practices have been implemented, bringing practical results. Each model is like a red thread connecting the flesh-and-blood relationship between the military and the people more and more closely, notably: "Happiness is sharing" (General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army), "Connecting the military and the people, strengthening trust" (General Department of Defense Industry), "Overcoming difficulties together" (Military Region 4), "Militia holding the people's hands" (Military Region 7), "Twinning residential clusters on both sides of the border" (Border Guard), "Cleverly connecting the border with the people" (Navy), "Building secret bases in the hearts of the people" (Special Forces), "Military-civilian Tet" (Military Region 9), "Military-civilians join hands for community health" (Army Corps 12)...

The practical effectiveness of mass mobilization work in the Army is demonstrated through telling numbers. Over the past 5 years, the entire Army has supported and participated in helping people work, produce, build new rural areas, and develop the socio-economy with more than 1,770,000 working days, repairing and upgrading more than 6,000km of irrigation canals, nearly 10,000km of rural roads, more than 600 classrooms, 322 temporary bridges, and building 45,697 houses. Helping to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty for more than 4,000 households, opening 56 literacy classes for 1,175 people...

Major General Be Hai Trieu, Director of the Department of Mass Mobilization, affirmed: "The entire army has built, maintained, and creatively developed many models, typically "Skilled Mass Mobilization", "Good Mass Mobilization Unit" in practical activities. The achievements not only contribute to socio-economic development, sustainable poverty reduction, and new rural construction, but also strengthen and consolidate people's trust in the Party, State and Army, brightening the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers in the hearts of the people."

Promoting "skillful mass mobilization", maintaining "the people's hearts and minds"

In the period of 2021-2025, under the leadership and direction of the Party, directly the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the guidance and direction of the General Department of Politics on implementing the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" campaign and building "Good Mass Mobilization Units", Party committees and commanders at all levels have led and implemented the campaign synchronously, substantially, firmly, and in depth, with many creative and appropriate forms, achieving practical results associated with the practice at the grassroots level, creating a widespread ripple effect and achieving many important results, contributing to the successful completion of the political tasks of agencies, units, and military and defense tasks. Notably, the work of propagating and mobilizing cadres, soldiers, and people to participate in the implementation of economic, cultural, and social development tasks; preventing, combating, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, epidemics, and search and rescue; consolidating the political system at the grassroots level to be strong, effective, and efficient; and effectively implementing people-to-people diplomacy activities. Promote democracy, build internal solidarity, military-civilian solidarity, and great national solidarity.

Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To presents certificates of merit from the Minister of National Defense to individuals. Photo: HOANG VIET

Speaking at the conference, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Thien To emphasized: In response to new tasks, in order for PTTĐ to have depth and be close to reality, it is required that Party committees, political commissars, political officers, commanders, and political agencies at all levels strengthen leadership and direction, continue to thoroughly grasp the Party's guidelines and viewpoints, and Ho Chi Minh's thought on mass mobilization work. Innovate the content, form, and methods of conducting mass mobilization work, perform well the function of a "working army", always closely connect with the people, actively propagate and mobilize people to implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; participate in hunger eradication, poverty reduction, prevention, control, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, epidemics, and rescue; Building the political system, developing the socio-economy at the grassroots level, especially in strategic and key areas, ethnic minority areas, and religious areas, building a solid "people's hearts" position, creating a combined strength to firmly protect the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army requested to do a good job of taking care of building and nurturing a team of specialized cadres in mass mobilization work who are good at their profession, proficient in mass mobilization skills, and experienced in handling complex situations at the grassroots level, meeting the requirements of the task; building, training, and nurturing a core team, prestigious people among ethnic minorities and religious people, contributing to improving the quality and effectiveness of mass mobilization work and "Skilled Mass Mobilization" and building "Good Mass Mobilization Units". Promoting the combined strength, mobilizing all resources, closely combining "Skilled Mass Mobilization" with the implementation of political tasks, building a strong and comprehensive unit. Focusing on directing mass mobilization to building "the people's hearts", the people's national defense posture, and a solid defense area. Promote the role of village elders, village chiefs, prestigious people, and religious dignitaries in the area in all activities, promptly detect and prevent the phenomena of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" from the grassroots; maintain the "people's hearts" and people's security in the new situation.

At the conference, the Organizing Committee awarded certificates of merit from the Minister of National Defense and the Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army to 75 collectives and 72 individuals with outstanding achievements in implementing the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" campaign and building "Good Mass Mobilization Units" in the 2021-2025 period.

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