Senior public security, defense officers receive General rank

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, officially promoted the officers during a ceremony in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Public Security General Tô Lâm said how honored he was to receive his new rank, and promised to work harder to firmly safeguard national independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity, and to further develop the people's armed forces as a modern and elite force.