Following the leadership of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, the Military Region 7 Command and the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, the City Party Committee and Command have constantly innovated their thinking, improved their leadership and direction capacity, promoted their core role in advising and organizing the implementation of local defense and military tasks, created a strong breakthrough in building a national defense posture associated with a people's security posture, and built a solid defense area from the grassroots level.

With a flexible and innovative leadership mindset, not stereotyped or mechanical, but focusing on promoting the spirit of initiative and creativity, closely following the characteristics of large urban areas and practical requirements, the Party Committee and the City Command focus on concretizing resolutions into practical action programs, close to the tasks; promptly detecting new problems arising to have timely and correct solutions, not being passive or surprised in any situation.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City Command visit the production products of Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Site. Photo: PHU DO

One of the highlights in leadership and direction is that the City Military Party Committee clearly identified three key breakthroughs: Improving the effectiveness of staff work and organizing the implementation of military and defense tasks of Party committees and commanders of military agencies at all levels; improving the quality of training work, creating a solid change in building a regular order, complying with military discipline and ensuring safety; improving the comprehensive leadership capacity and fighting strength of grassroots party organizations, focusing on Party committees and Party cells. These are fundamental strategic breakthroughs, creating a comprehensive change in the overall quality, fighting strength and combat readiness of the city's armed forces in the new conditions. In particular, the quality of staff work is increasingly substantial and sharp, clearly demonstrated through the proposal of policies to adjust defense planning, build defense works, command posts, training grounds; advising on the implementation of key defense projects in the area; Close coordination in management and use of defense land and appraisal of economic and urban development projects associated with defense and security.

Along with that, the Party Committee and the City Command always pay attention to leading and closely directing training work, building a regular order, and managing discipline. Units proactively adjust training plans to suit local characteristics, focusing on intensive and synchronous training, combining physical training, bravery, and will for officers and soldiers. The organization of defense area drills and defensive combat drills at commune and district levels is carried out strictly and seriously. Sports and competitions have achieved many outstanding achievements, such as: First prize in the Military Region's Armed Forces Cryptography Technical Competition (2024); Excellent Prize for the entire delegation of the 10th Military Region and Youth and Student Mass Arts Festival in 2024; Second Prize for the entire army in the Armored Vehicle Technical Competition (2022); Second Prize for the entire army's Excellent Union Cadres Competition (2021)...

The results of the training tests in each year are 100% satisfactory, of which more than 75% are good and excellent. The rate of good and excellent training cadres is increasing, reflecting the increasingly improved quality of the cadre team. The Emulation movement to Win has spread widely and effectively, associated with the patriotic emulation movement, building the "3rd Best Unit", the "5S" model, building a bright, green, clean and beautiful environmental landscape, creating a dynamic emulation movement throughout the city's armed forces.

In addition to the task of combat readiness and regular construction, the City Military Party Committee also pays attention to leadership and care for the material and spiritual life of officers and soldiers; leads the synchronous and effective implementation of logistics and technical work, promotes increased production; the rate of healthy soldiers always reaches over 99%. The system of warehouses, repair stations, and technical reserves is consolidated and modernized. Financial management is ensured to comply with regulations, be public, transparent, economical, and anti-wasteful. The implementation of basic construction works, regular barracks, and soldiers' housing is increasingly of high quality, gradually improving the living and working conditions of officers and soldiers.

An important mark in the past term is that the Standing Committee and the City Military Party Committee have focused on leading and directing the implementation of the work of building a clean and strong Party organization. Party committees and organizations at all levels have been regularly consolidated, improving the quality of Party cell and Party committee activities, and attaching importance to political, ideological, ethical and lifestyle education for cadres and Party members. During the term, the City Military Party Committee admitted 4.5% more Party members than the target; 100% of Party organizations completed their tasks or more, of which 90% completed them well and excellently.

Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle; implementing Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII, XIII) and Resolution No. 847-NQ/QUTW of the Central Military Commission have been concretized through practical models and actions. The spirit of "self-reflection, self-correction" and the responsibility to set an example of the leading cadres have been promoted, creating a clear change in the quality, capacity and prestige of cadres at all levels. Inspection and supervision work has been seriously implemented, following the correct procedures, promptly correcting and handling violations, preventing favoritism, avoidance and "leveling". The supervisory role of mass organizations and military councils has been actively promoted, contributing to improving the quality of Party activities and the effectiveness of Party building work...

Entering the new term 2025-2030, the Ho Chi Minh City Military Party Committee has set out the main direction and goal: Building a comprehensively strong city military force that is "exemplary and typical", with comprehensive quality, high combat strength, ready to receive and complete all tasks well in all situations. Specific targets are clearly defined, such as: Successfully organizing annual defense zone drills; the rate of party members in the militia and self-defense force reaching 31%; the number of healthy troops is over 99% and 100% of agencies and units are comprehensively strong; the rate of disciplinary violations is under 0.2%; completing 100% of digital transformation targets according to the project of the Ministry of National Defense; building 100 comrade houses and gratitude houses each year...

With those targets, the City Military Party Committee has proposed a system of synchronous, scientific, and practical solutions, mobilizing the strength, creativity, and sense of responsibility of all organizations and individuals to unite, unify, and compete to fulfill assigned duties and tasks, contributing to building and firmly protecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the new period.

Colonel NGUYEN THANH TRUNG, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Military Party Committee, Political Commissar of Ho Chi Minh City Command

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