Over 8 decades of construction, fighting and growth, generations of cadres, workers and soldiers of the military industry - General Department of Defense Industry have always promoted the spirit of responsibility, solidarity, proactiveness, self-reliance, creativity, overcoming all difficulties, building a clean and strong Party Committee of the General Department of Defense Industry, a comprehensively strong General Department "exemplary and typical", excellently completing the tasks assigned by the Party, State, Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defense and people.

Ammunition assembly at the General Department of Defense Industry. Photo: VAN CONG

In the early days of its establishment, in the context of the August Revolution having just succeeded, the country was still facing countless difficulties and challenges, facing internal and external enemies, and rampant famine and illiteracy, the military industry faced the reality of "all being zero": There were no basic industrial production facilities such as electricity, chemicals, metallurgy...; no defense production technology equipment; no essential materials and supplies... With ardent patriotism, courage, loyalty, self-reliance, diligence, creativity and the help of the people, the military industry has successfully completed two tasks: Collecting and purchasing weapons and organizing production facilities... In a very short time, the military industry has urgently organized the general movement of hundreds of thousands of tons of machinery, equipment, raw materials... from cities and deltas to the Viet Bac war zone, quickly focused on building force organizations, embarked on research, manufacturing, producing and successfully repairing tens of thousands of tons of weapons and equipment suitable for the fighting style of the armed forces, including many advanced weapons: Mines, grenades, Bazooka guns and ammunition, rocket bombs, guns and large mortar shells... (in the resistance war against French colonialism), or means of detecting magnetic bombs and mines; Directional mines, 81mm mortars, anti-tank guns and ammunition, successfully improved weapons and anti-aircraft equipment contributed to shooting down many modern American aircraft and the B-52 "flying fortress" (in the resistance war against American imperialism).

After the Great Victory of Spring 1975, with its rich tradition, the General Department of Defense Industry actively overcame difficulties and challenges, carrying out two strategic tasks: Developing defense production and participating in production and building the country's economy. Notably, the Party Committee of the General Department of Defense Industry has focused on leading and directing defense industry factories to uphold the spirit of dynamism and creativity, thoroughly exploiting all potentials, promoting the efficiency of production lines to produce many products serving people's lives, solving the shortage of goods and materials in the fields of people's lives and industrial production of the country... At the same time, it has successfully completed the strategic advisory task, successfully implementing many guidelines and policies of the Party, State, Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defense on building and developing defense industry, such as: Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2003 of the Politburo (9th tenure) on building and developing defense industry until 2010; Defense Industry Ordinance No. 02/2008/PL-UBTVQH dated January 26, 2008 of the National Assembly Standing Committee; Advise on the development and report to the Politburo to issue Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW dated July 16, 2011 on building and developing the defense industry until 2020 and the following years, and Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW dated January 26, 2022 of the Politburo on promoting the development of the defense industry until 2030 and the following years.

Over the past years, thoroughly grasping and implementing the Politburo's resolution, the General Department of Defense Industry has been active, proactive, and constantly striving to rise up, strongly promoting the tradition of "Solidarity, self-reliance, initiative, and science", focusing on breakthroughs in scientific research in 5 main directions: Developing new weapons and technical equipment (VKTBKT); repairing and modernizing VKTBKT; producing technical materials; improving product quality; applying new technology, modernizing production lines. More than 320 research topics and tasks at all levels have been implemented. Of which, there are 27 national-level topics, more than 100 Ministry of National Defense-level topics; over 86% of scientific research topics and tasks have been put into production and repair of series "0"; promoting nearly 20,000 initiatives and technical improvements at all levels. Thereby, hundreds of new types of weapons, ammunition, equipment, technical supplies, and new equipment have been developed and modernized to replace imports. Among them, many types of weapons and technical equipment have high scientific and technological content, system integration, and are of important significance in the military and economic fields such as: Infantry fighting vehicle XCB-01; armored personnel carriers XTC-01, XTC-02; ship artillery... promptly meet the requirements of the Army's equipment, training, and combat readiness tasks, serving important events of the country and the world. In addition, economic production and export of defense industry products have developed remarkably, with average growth of the following year being about 10% higher than the previous year; In 2024, the total defense production and economic revenue of the entire General Department will reach more than 40,000 billion VND (of which economic revenue is nearly 60%)... Thereby, significantly enhancing the potential of the national defense industry, which has been recognized and highly appreciated by the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defense.

Promoting the achievements, the Party Committee of the General Department and its subordinate Party Committees continue to thoroughly grasp the Party and State's guidelines and viewpoints on the task of building and developing the defense industry; resolutely and effectively implement Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW, Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo; Resolution No. 3488-NQ/QUTW of the Central Military Commission; Law on defense industry, security and industrial mobilization, conclusions, projects, programs and plans of the Party, State, Government, Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defense on developing the defense industry and resolutions of party congresses at all levels. Continue to lead and direct the synchronous and effective implementation of solutions to build a clean and strong Party Committee of the General Department of Defense Industry, a comprehensively strong General Department that is "exemplary and exemplary", performing well in all aspects of work to meet the requirements of the task of building and developing an autonomous, self-reliant, self-reliant, dual-purpose, modern defense industry... contributing to embellishing the tradition of "Solidarity, self-reliance, proactiveness, science", building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, modern Army; excellently completing the tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.

Major General LE NGOC THAN, Chief of Politics, General Department of Defense Industry

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