Party General Secretary and President Tô Lâm congratulates senior public security and military officers on their promotion. — VNA/VNS Photo Lâm Khánh

HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary and President Tô Lâm, who also serves as Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, handed over promotion decisions to senior public security and military officers during a ceremony in Hà Nội on Sunday.

Under the decisions, Minister of Public Security Lương Tam Quang and Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyễn Tân Cương have been promoted from the rank of Senior Lieutenant General to General. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Việt Nam People's Army Lieut. Gen. Nguyễn Doãn Anh has been promoted to Senior Lieutenant General.

Speaking at the ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, Lâm congratulated the three promoted officers, affirming that this shows the Party, State and people's deep trust in and attention to the armed forces. It is also a recognition of the important contributions of the officers to the cause of building and developing the army and public security as well as the cause of national building and safeguarding.

He said that strengthening national defence, maintaining national security, political stability, and social order and safety are important and regular tasks of the Party, the State, the entire political system and people, with the People's Army and the People's Public Security as the core.

He asked the newly-promoted officers to uphold the glorious tradition of the heroic People's Army and People's Public Security, maintain revolutionary ethics, be absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the people, wholeheartedly serve the Fatherland and the people, and well implement President Hồ Chí Minh's teachings.

General Quang on behalf of the three promoted officers, expressed gratitude for the special attention of the Party, the State, the people, ministries, agencies, the Việt Nam Fatherland Front and organisations, localities, and generations of public security and defence officers and soldiers for supporting them to fulfil their assigned tasks.

He pledged to be absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, people, Party and State; wholeheartedly serve the nation and people; always put the interests of the nation and people above all; implement President Hồ Chí Minh's thoughts on the ethics of a general; and thoroughly, effectively implement the instructions of the Party General Secretary and President. — VNA/VNS