Implementing Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW of the Politburo on continuing to build provinces and cities into strong defense zones in the new situation, the Party Committee and the Military Region 1 Command have coordinated with local Party committees and authorities to proactively and synchronously deploy solutions to build defense zones associated with socio-economic development planning and plans. Provincial Party Committees and People's Committees of provinces in the Military Region have issued specialized resolutions, plans, and action programs, clearly defining goals, roadmaps, and assigning specific responsibilities to each agency and unit; regularly perfecting and consolidating the grassroots political system, enhancing the leadership, management, and operational capacity of the government, ensuring that it meets the requirements for handling military and defense situations right at the grassroots level.

The working delegation of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security inspected the training and combat readiness of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Company, Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Joint Stock Company. Photo: KHUONG QUANG

The highlight is that the provinces in the Military Region strictly implement the mechanism of "Party leadership, government management, military agencies, police and departments, branches and organizations as consultants", ensuring unity, synchronization, promoting the combined strength of the entire political system; focusing on closely linking the construction of the KVPT with the implementation of socio-economic development tasks, especially in remote, isolated and border areas. National target programs on new rural construction and sustainable poverty reduction are effectively integrated with strengthening the potential of the National Defense and Security, improving people's lives, and strengthening the "people's hearts" - the core factor creating a solid foundation for the KVPT.

Building a solid national defense zone is not only the task of the armed forces but also the common responsibility of the entire political system. Local authorities at all levels in the Military Region have performed well the function of state management of national defense, promptly completed the civil defense command, the national defense education council, maintained the tradition of training national defense knowledge for subjects... The combination of socio-economic development with strengthening national defense is specified in the planning and development plans of each sector and each locality; focusing on investing in strategic infrastructure in border areas, remote and isolated areas, associated with building the national defense potential in terms of politics, economy, culture and society...

The Military Region Command closely coordinates with localities to develop, supplement, and perfect the system of KVPT combat documents, civil defense documents, plans for natural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue, ensuring consistency and feasibility. Every year, localities strictly maintain training regimes, KVPT drills, civil defense drills, cyber security defense drills, and border area drills; thereby improving the leadership and direction capacity of Party committees and authorities, the ability to advise, organize and coordinate operations of forces, and the ability to mobilize local resources when situations arise.

Based on the military strategy planning of the KVPT approved by competent authorities, the Military Region 1 Command guides and directs localities to gradually build combat facilities, combat bases, command posts, training grounds, and training grounds, ensuring synchronization, interconnectivity, and readiness to change status when situations arise. The militia and self-defense forces and reserve forces are built firmly and widely, focusing on political quality, reasonable organization, appropriate equipment, and training according to plans and areas. Military recruitment and enrollment work is seriously carried out by the provinces, ensuring targets and quality, contributing to building a standing force that is sufficient in quantity and strong in quality. Localities promote propaganda and education to raise awareness among cadres, party members, and people about the task of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation. Patriotic emulation movements, "National Defense Day", "National Border Guard Day", "Army joins hands to build new countryside"... have been effectively implemented, contributing to consolidating people's trust in the Party and government, strengthening military-civilian solidarity, and building a solid "people's hearts and minds position".

Implementing Resolution No. 866-NQ/QUTW dated June 14, 2025 of the Central Military Commission on continuing to reorganize the local military organization to be "lean, compact, and strong" to meet the requirements of tasks in the new situation, the Military Region has closely coordinated with localities to direct the dissolution of 56 district-level military commands, established 15 regional defense commands under the provincial military commands; merged and reorganized the military commands of Thai Nguyen and Bac Kan provinces into the Thai Nguyen provincial military command; merged the military commands of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces into the Bac Ninh provincial military command. After the merger and reorganization, Military Region 1 still has 4 provincial military commands (Cao Bang, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh), in accordance with the implementation of two-level local government.

The implementation of building KVPT in association with improving the operational efficiency of two-level local governments has been focused on by the Military Region and localities in recent times, contributing to strengthening the capacity of governance, management, sustainable socio-economic development, and better care for people's lives; at the same time, it is an important basis for localities to proactively mobilize human and material resources when military and natural disasters occur, ensuring both the completion of immediate tasks and maintaining long-term stability. Thanks to the drastic participation of Party committees and authorities, and the close coordination between forces in KVPT, the provinces under Military Region 1 have always maintained political stability, order, and social security, promptly and effectively handling situations, avoiding being passive or surprised. Localities have proactively grasped the situation of political security, order, and social security, especially in ethnic minority and religious areas, and border areas; Do a good job in border diplomacy, build a peaceful, friendly, cooperative and developing border.

Party committees and commanders at all levels in Military Region 1 and local Party committees and authorities are always united and unified, building an increasingly solid KVPT and building the Military Region's armed forces in a revolutionary, disciplined, "lean, compact, and strong" direction, successfully implementing resolutions, directives, and conclusions of superiors and of the Military Region and localities. In particular, currently, the promotion of science, technology, innovation, and creativity is being implemented by the Military Region with many policies and solutions to promote the application and development of science and technology, promote innovation, creativity, and digital transformation, and effectively implement the "Digital Literacy Movement"...

It can be affirmed that the implementation of the adjustment of the force organization, the implementation of the two-level local government model, and the construction of a solid KVPT in Military Region 1 have achieved quite comprehensive initial results. After the adjustment, the force organization is streamlined, the operational efficiency is higher; the quality of training, the overall strength and combat readiness of the Military Region's armed forces have been significantly improved; the national defense posture associated with the people's security posture has been firmly consolidated. Along with that, the political system at the grassroots level has been consolidated, the leadership and management capacity has been improved; the potential of the national defense and security has been strengthened; the solidarity between the army and the people has been strong... This is an important premise for the Military Region's armed forces to successfully complete their tasks, for localities to accelerate socio-economic development associated with strengthening the national defense and security.

Promoting the achieved results, in the coming time, the Party Committee, the Military Region 1 Command and local Party committees and authorities in the area will continue to thoroughly grasp the Party's viewpoints on building a solid national defense and security posture associated with an increasingly solid people's security posture; perfecting the leadership, direction and administration mechanism; building a strong two-level local government with comprehensive management and administration capacity, successfully completing the task of socio-economic development associated with strengthening national defense and security. The Party Committee and Military Region 1 Command will strengthen close coordination with local Party committees and authorities to lead and direct the building of a solid defense zone, creating a comprehensive defense posture, ready to protect the Fatherland early and from afar, not to be passive or surprised in any situation.

Major General TRUONG MANH DUNG, Commander of Military Region 1

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