Hanoi (VNA) – The book on the military policyand defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period by Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong reflects his consistent thought about the leadership anddirections over the national safeguarding, many experts, researchers and Partymembers have shared the view.

The recently released book, with its title translatedas “Some issues about the military policy, national defence strategy during thecause of building and defending the socialist Vietnam Fatherland in the newperiod”, comprises 39 articles, speeches, and interviews of General SecretaryTrong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission.

The first section, with 21 articles, speeches andinterviews, focuses on the building of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) into arevolutionary, regular, elite, and modern military in the new period.

The second, with 18 articles and speeches, is aboutthe building of lean, strong and modernity-oriented forces of the army tofulfil requirements and tasks in all circumstances.

Meanwhile, the third is reserved for a writing by Sen.Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, former member of the Party Central Committee, formermember of the Central Military Commission’s Standing Board, and former DeputyMinister of National Defence. It affirmed the Party General Secretary andSecretary of the Central Military Commission is a leader with a dialecticalmindset and strategic vision on the formation of the military policy anddefence strategy for safeguarding the socialist Vietnam.

Colonel Le The Mau, former head of the military science informationdepartment at the Institute for Defence Strategy, called the book an importantpolitical document, which defines defence tasks for both short and long terms.

Articles in the book include contents opposing wrongviews and the "peaceful evolution" in the fields of ideology andculture within the military, and contributing to raising vigilance amongofficers and soldiers, he continued.

Mentioning the 18 articles and speeches by the Partyleader in the second section of the book, Dang Thanh Huong, from the Law andDevelopment Journal under the Vietnam Association of Lawyers, said they affirmthe Party’s absolute and direct leadership in all aspects of the VPA, highlightingthe book’s values both in theory and practice.

The book is a “lodestar” for officials, Party membersand people to research and study in order to get an insight into all-peopledefence as well as defence tasks in the new situation, she said.

Vu Anh Nguyet, a Party member at the Ministry of HomeAffairs, emphasised that the book mirrors the Party chief’s strategic vision ondefence and military, saying each Vietnamese citizen should thoroughly grasp all-peopledefence as well as defence tasks.

Tran Thi Na, a teacher at the Minh Khai High School inHanoi, said the book should be promoted among the public to raise theirawareness of responsibility and tasks in national defence./.