Political - spiritual factor in the 1975 strategic offensive and the building of a politically strong Army in the new situation
Friday, April 25, 2025, 10:05 (GMT+7)
Victory of the resistance war against the US for national salvation in general, the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising in particular was a combination of many factors in which the political - spiritual factor played a role of special importance, acting as a deep-rooted source pervasive within the heart and mind of our entire people and VPA, connecting, gathering, and maximising other factors
Army Corps 12 builds a strong Logistics - Technical Sector
Friday, January 17, 2025, 16:17 (GMT+7)
The Logistics - Technical Department’s Party Committee and Command have advised the Corps’ Party Committee and Command on various measures to rearrange the logistics - technical force at all levels. At the same time, they have performed support work comprehensively with determination to maintain and raise the quality of logistics - technical support, resolutely preventing this work from being impacted by the process of force adjustment
Division 308 raises the quality and effectiveness of legal dissemination and education
Monday, August 26, 2024, 10:44 (GMT+7)
With its “adept, compact, strong” organisational structure, Division 308 under Army Corps 12 has been orientated towards modernity under the 13th Politburo’s 05-NQ/TW dated 17 January 2022 and the Central Military Commission’s Resolution 230-NQ/QUTW dated 2 April 2022. Due to the development of its tasks, the Division has experienced an increase in the size of its workforce, which has imposed higher, more comprehensive, and more complex requirements on its training, combat readiness, human and material management, and other pieces of work
Evolution of military artistry in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and contemporary issues of training operational and strategic-level cadres
Friday, May 10, 2024, 09:35 (GMT+7)
In the new revolutionary period, military training needs to focus on nurturing and continually improving comprehensive knowledge, with the central focus being on the military knowledge for the contingent of operational and strategic-level cadres. In combat, the challenge for operational and strategic-level cadres is the ability to assess the enemy situation, flexibility, logical thinking, keen judgment,... “thinking up schemes, devising strategies,” to gradually put the enemy into a passive position.
French generals’ admission of defeat in Dien Bien Phu
Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 07:08 (GMT+7)
The battle of 1954 Dien Bien Phu took place 70 years ago, about which there have been a lot of books and articles by foreign generals, politicians, scholars and journalists. People around the world continue to wonder why Vietnam, a small, poor, low-tech country which had just successfully carried out the August Revolution with its nascent army, was able to defeat French colonialists. In order to answer this question, the article will briefly relate admissions by French generals who joined the war in Indochina in general, the battle of Dien Bien Phu in particular
The art of force organisation and deployment in the 1954 Upper Laos Campaign
Saturday, March 30, 2024, 17:27 (GMT+7)
The victory of the 1954 Upper Laos Campaign played a significant role in establishing a favourable position for the Dien Bien Phu front to implement the “firm attack, firm progress” combat principle, achieving a victory “resounding across continents, shaking the world”. The distinctive art of force deployment drawn from the Campaign should continue to be studied and creatively applied in the current mission of national defence.
A distinct demonstration of the art of encirclement in Route 9 - Khe Sanh Campaign of 1968
Monday, July 31, 2023, 15:11 (GMT+7)
Over half a century ago, to realise a strategic diversion action in preparation for the General Offensive and Uprising of 1968 throughout the South, we launched a large-scale combined arms offensive campaign at the Khe Sanh - Route 9 and achieved a great victory. The Campaign left behind valuable experiences in military art, among which the distinct feature was the art of encircling and cutting off the enemy.
Division 308 enhances the quality of combat training
Thursday, June 22, 2023, 08:07 (GMT+7)
Being fully aware of the disadvantages, over the years, the Division’s Party Committee and Command have advocated accelerating the renewal and improvement of the quality of combat training to fit the actual situation, combat subjects, and available weapons and equipment and bring into full play the tradition and combat experience of the Vanguard Corps.
Regiment 102 steps up ideological education, discipline management, and safety assurance
Thursday, January 06, 2022, 10:19 (GMT+7)
Being founded on January 6th, 1947, Regiment 102, aka Capital Regiment, under Division 308 of Army Corps 1 was one of the first main regiments of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA). Immediately after the establishment, in response to President Ho Chi Minh’s Appeal for National Resistance, under the spirit of “sacrificing for the Homeland,” cadres and soldiers of the Regiment courageously fought to pin French troops down during 60 days and nights
Army Corps 1 raises its synergy and combat power
Monday, December 06, 2021, 19:36 (GMT+7)
Being fully aware of the guidelines on Military build-up, national defence consolidation, and Homeland protection set by the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress, Army Corps 1’s Party Committee and Command have been focusing their leadership and direction on raising the Corps’ synergy and combat strength to allow the Corps to readily undertake and successfully fulfil all assigned missions