BRICS expansion: opportunities and challenges for ASEAN
Monday, March 24, 2025, 13:05 (GMT+7)
Since being founded by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in the early 21st century, BRICS has increasingly strengthened its role as a key driver of global economic growth. The group has garnered attention and aroused desire for membership from the international community, including ASEAN countries
Naval Region 2 builds a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds” at sea
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 15:43 (GMT+7)
Protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands represents a central, routine task of the entire Party, Military, people, and political system, with fishermen playing a role of utmost importance. Thus, in addition to training and combat readiness, Naval Region 2 has attached great value to building a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds” at sea via various measures, contributing to safeguarding national sovereignty over the Fatherland’s Southern sea, islands, and continental shelf
Beware of calls for political regime change in Vietnam
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 15:25 (GMT+7)
Calls seek to incite demands for the establishment of political pluralism and opposition parties, steering the country towards a capitalist political system are extremely dangerous and warrant vigilance, resolute opposition, and outright rejection.
Factory Z157 enhances the quality of vehicle-machinery technical support in the new era
Monday, October 14, 2024, 19:55 (GMT+7)
Over the course of its 70-year history, with multiple renaming and restructuring efforts, generations of the Factory’s staff have consistently upheld the spirit of solidarity, proactivity, and creativity, overcoming numerous difficulties and hardships to excellently complete their assigned tasks. Their efforts have significantly contributed to the proud achievements of the Military Technical sector, affirming the “Z157” brand as the Military's premier vehicle-machinery technical support centre
Japan promotes the progress of Indo-Pacific strategy
Monday, July 29, 2024, 16:46 (GMT+7)
In response to the increasingly complex global security environment and cut-throat geopolitical competition, the Japanese government advocates not only strengthening defence capabilities, but also promoting Indo-Pacific strategy with a long-term vision. This new Tokyo-driven motive has drawn deep attention from international public opinion
Vietnam Coast Guard improves the effectiveness of situational research and assessment to meet the requirements of law enforcement at sea
Friday, July 12, 2024, 11:01 (GMT+7)
Party Committee and Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) have concentrated their leadership and direction on raising the effectiveness of situational research and assessment as the basis for proposing strategies to successfully handle defence and security situations, maintain security and safety at sea, and firmly protect national sovereignty over seas and islands
Viet Nam Coast Guard encourages international cooperation in law enforcement at sea
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 20:33 (GMT+7)
Viet Nam has a sea of more than 1 million square kilometres with over 3,000 big and small islands and 2 archipelagos, namely Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) and Truong Sa (Spratly Islands); being the space for the nation’s existence and long-term development, Viet Nam’s sea plays a role of importance in terms of politics, economy, society, defence, security, and diplomacy
Top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023
Friday, January 12, 2024, 08:37 (GMT+7)
The world continued to witness complex developments in 2023. While the Russia – Ukraine conflict intensified, new flashpoints arose from military coups, conflicts, local wars, and increasingly fierce strategic competition among major powers, making global security outlook further bleak. To illustrate that picture, the National Defence Journal has selected the top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023.
Coast Guard Region 3 focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of law enforcement at sea
Tuesday, December 26, 2023, 19:40 (GMT+7)
To manage and protect extensive water under challenging climate and weather conditions, and amid increasingly sophisticated and complex criminal activities, particularly smuggling, trade fraud, and the activities of foreign vessels violating sovereignty, illegal mineral exploration, and illegal fishing, in recent years, the Region has implemented comprehensive solutions to overcome challenges to resolutely maintain security, order, and safety at sea, create a favourable environment for economic development and diplomacy, and firmly protect national sovereignty, territory and islands.
Military actively participates in combating IUU fishing
Saturday, July 22, 2023, 07:17 (GMT+7)
Implementing its assigned functions and tasks, the Military has implemented synchronous solutions to counter IUU fishing and determines to have the "yellow card" removed for the fisheries industry. Implementing Decision No. 81/QD-TTg, dated February 13, 2023 of the Prime Minister on the promulgation of the “Action Plan against IUU fishing, preparing for the 4th working session with the Inspection Delegation of the European Commission”, the MND’s Steering Committee on IUU Fishing issued Plan No. 127/KH-CQTT on combating IUU fishing in 2023 and instructions for junior agencies and units to implement. At the same time, it has directed the forces of Border Guard, Coast Guard, Navy, Fisheries Surveillance to strengthen management, grasp the situation at sea, have check and control of activities of fishing vessels at sea in a bid to prevent, reduce and stop IUU fishing together with the whole political system.