The Prime Minister awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces to the Air Defense - Air Force Service.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the Air Defense - Air Force Service to closely monitor and control all flight activities; ensure safety for political, economic and defense centers; and focus on researching and developing the "Sustainable Air Defense Dome" project.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh this morning attended the ceremony to receive the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces and celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the Air Defense - Air Force's tradition day (October 22, 1963 - October 22, 2025).

Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the heroic tradition and great feats of arms of great significance to the revolutionary cause, the cause of building and defending the Fatherland of the Army have the contribution of the Air Defense - Air Force Service - one of the three main military services of the heroic Vietnam People's Army.

After 62 years of building, fighting and growing, the Air Defense - Air Force has written golden pages of Vietnamese courage, intelligence and mettle, with feats of historical and strategic significance.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and the Air Defense - Air Force attended the ceremony. Photo: Nhat Bac

Even though the country is at peace, the Air Defense - Air Force soldiers still do not rest, day and night silently guarding the sacred sea and sky of the Fatherland.

Each radar signal, each patrol flight is an honorary order, an iron-clad oath that "the Fatherland's sky will not be violated". At the same time, always be at the forefront in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, epidemics, searching, rescuing, and developing the economy and society...

According to the Prime Minister, in the coming period, the world and regional situation will develop rapidly, complicatedly, and unpredictably; the risk of conflict and war will increase.

Modern warfare tends to apply high technology, smart weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare, cyberspace... In particular, recent wars show that air attacks and missiles are always the main attack points. Therefore, Air Defense - Air Force becomes the front line of national strategic defense.

That context poses increasingly difficult, challenging and heavy tasks for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, in which firmly protecting the airspace and sea is essential.

The Prime Minister requested the Air Defense - Air Force to firmly grasp the situation, maintain strategic initiative, and avoid being surprised by passivity in the air and other fronts.

The military branch is a pioneer and exemplary leader in applying science and technology, innovation, digital transformation and force modernization; building and developing the force with the spirit of "three no's": No subjectivity, negligence, loss of vigilance, no complacency, no satisfaction, no fear of any enemy, once in battle, victory is guaranteed.

The Prime Minister proposed building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, modern army that can meet tasks in all situations.

The military must constantly innovate strategic thinking, improve combat readiness, and firmly protect the Fatherland "early and from afar".

The Army focuses on building a truly strong human force, building a team of cadres at all levels with political mettle, practical capacity and high professional qualifications; has policies to attract, train and make good use of talents, especially technical and high-tech personnel.

The service continues to do a good job of grasping the situation, providing strategic advice on military and defense matters and combat missions to protect the Fatherland. Promoting its role as a core force on the air front, always ready to fight and fight victoriously against any enemy invasion.

Continue to study and summarize lessons learned from practical experiences of wars to defend the Fatherland and experiences in recent wars around the world, especially in major air defense campaigns, to apply in new conditions...

The Prime Minister proposed creating breakthroughs in development, applying science and technology, digital transformation, improving combat and management capacity; and consolidating and making breakthroughs in the defense industry.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, presented the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces to the Air Defense - Air Force Service for its outstanding achievements. Photo: Nhat Bac

Promote modernization, enhance technological autonomy; research, produce, manufacture, equip and master high-tech, modern weapons; repair, improve, innovate equipment, produce spare parts and replacement components. Promote the application of science and technology, artificial intelligence, digitalization in management and operations; synchronously integrate weapons and equipment systems throughout the army. Research and propose to the Party, State and Army to purchase and supplement modern technical weapons and equipment, meeting mission requirements and suitable to the country's economic conditions.

Closely monitor and control all domestic and foreign civil and military aircraft flights; ensure the safety of political, economic and defense centers. The Prime Minister requested to focus on researching and developing the "Sustainable Air Defense Dome" project.

In addition, it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation to contribute to strengthening national defense potential, ensuring weapons, equipment and training of high-quality human resources, close to the practical situation and the task of protecting the Fatherland.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/trao-danh-hieu-anh-hung-luc-luong-vu-trang-nhan-dan-cho-quan-chung-pk-kq-2454917.html