Party leader calls for elite, modernized Vietnam Coast Guard
(VOVWORLD) -All resources must be mobilized to build Vietnam Coast Guard into an elite, streamlined, and strong force advancing toward modernization, given more complex requirements for safeguarding national maritime sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction, Party leader To Lam said.
 Party leader To Lam visits the Command of Coast Guard Region 4. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
At a working session with the Coast Guard Region 4 Command in An Giang province on Wednesday, the Party leader underscored the need to identify key tasks and breakthrough areas, with priority placed on attracting high-quality personnel and advancing technology, innovation, and AI to support coast guard operations.
Priority must also be given to combat-readiness training and exercises to improve overall capability and combat strength and the ability to respond effectively to both traditional and non-traditional security challenges, he added.
 Party leader To Lam takes a photo with the delegates. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
Comprehensive plans must be implemented to defend national sovereignty, combat crimes and legal violations at sea, prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, conduct search and rescue operations, and safeguard the marine environment, Mr. Lam said.