Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the National Defence Academy. (Photo: VOV)

Prime Minister Chinh said building and protecting the Fatherland are two strategic missions of Vietnam since the country's founding. Protecting the Fatherland is a very important condition and premise to create a peaceful and stable environment for national construction and development, he said.  

The PM praised the academy for its role in offering strategic advice to the Party and State regarding national defence and security, and army building, as well as in socio-economic and cultural development.

He emphasised high requirements in national construction and defence in the present regional and world situation, and urged the academy to enhance research and training quality in order to create a breakthrough in human resources development for the armed forces.