Organising and deploying forces for key battles in offensive campaigns in a Fatherland protection war

Monday, March 17, 2025, 10:19 (GMT+7)
In case of a Fatherland protection war, offensive operations can be conducted at the outset and throughout the war on various scales, featuring key and decisive battles. Securing victory in these critical engagements requires commanders and relevant agencies to address numerous challenges. Chief among these is the organisation and deployment of forces, which necessitates further research and application in line with rapidly evolving battlefield circumstances

The art of force utilisation in the Route 14 - Phuoc Long Offensive

Monday, February 24, 2025, 15:17 (GMT+7)
During the resistance war against US imperialists for national salvation, for the first time, through the Route 14 - Phuoc Long Offensive, we successfully liberated an entire key province located right next to Saigon. This victory resulted from the convergence of multiple factors in successfully executing a “strategic reconnaissance strike”, with the art of force utilisation being chief among them

Unique features of the art of applying fighting methods in the Tay Son Tinh Offensive Campaign in 1966

Sunday, November 24, 2024, 21:34 (GMT+7)
The victory of the Tay Son Tinh Offensive Campaign demonstrated the determination to dare to fight the American army and defeat the invading American imperialists, along with the army and people of the South to defeat the enemy's first strategic counter-offensive in the dry season. Valuable lessons learned from the Campaign, especially the art of applying fighting methods, need to continue to be studied, applied and creatively developed in the war to safeguard the Fatherland.

Division 312 focuses on improving the quality of training and combat readiness

Thursday, September 12, 2024, 20:24 (GMT+7)
Despite facing difficulties, the Division's Party Committee and Command have always proactively implemented synchronous policies and solutions to lead and improve the quality of all aspects of work, especially the positive achievements in training and combat readiness.        

Distinctive features of ambush in the 1969 Long Khanh Campaign

Thursday, June 06, 2024, 10:33 (GMT+7)
The success of the Long Khanh Campaign thwarted the enemy’s “search and hold” strategy, dealt a severe blow to their “Vietnamisation” scheme, and forced the enemy into a strategically passive position. The valuable lessons on ambush artistry derived from the Campaign remain relevant and should continue to be studied and creatively applied to the cause of national defence today.

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

Gia Dinh Regiment focuses on the regularity building and discipline management

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:47 (GMT+7)
With the suitable breaking solutions, focuses and key points, the regularity building and discipline management of the Regiment have gained positive results, creating the motivation, belief, responsibility and new momentum for cadres and soldiers, making contribution to improving the overall quality, combat power and building the comprehensively strong, “exemplary, typical” Regiment deserving to be Heroic and traditional Gia Dinh Regiment who can “Surely win once deployed, defeat once fighting”, and successfully accomplish all assigned tasks in the new situation.

Distinctive art of applying methods of warfare in Phuoc Binh - Bu Dop Campaign of 1969

Monday, January 22, 2024, 14:21 (GMT+7)
Phuoc Binh – Bu Dop Campaign is a small-scale offensive campaign, but of significant importance. It enables us to conduct subsequent campaigns at a larger scale and force to defeat the US’s strategy of Vietnamisation.  Lessons learnt on military art, especially the art of applying methods of warfare deserve further research and creative use in today’s cause of safeguarding the Fatherland.

1st Regiment builds all strong, “exemplary and typical” unit

Sunday, September 24, 2023, 22:15 (GMT+7)
The Regiment has thoroughly grasped the Party’s military and defence guidelines, closely followed the leadership and direction by the Military Region’s Party Committee and Command and the 330th Division  to apply synchronously solutions for building the comprehensively strong, “exemplary and typical” unit according to Direction No. 79/CT-BQP, dated 22 July 2022 by the Minister of National Defence, and consider it as the foundation for successfully accomplishing all assigned tasks.

On the organisation and utilisation of armed forces to safeguard the sovereignty over seas and islands in the jurisdiction of Military Region 7

Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 13:33 (GMT+7)
Located in the choke point of the Southeastern Region, a part of the Central Highland, and the South Central Coast, Military Region 7 is a key strategic region in the defensive posture of the South and the entire country with a 322-km-long coastline and numerous islands of military, defence, and economic values such as Phu Quy, Con Dao, etc. Being fully aware of its position and on the foundation of grasping the task of safeguarding the sovereignty over the seas and islands, in recent years, the Military Region’s armed forces have closely coordinated with military services, arms, and local forces to build up an uninterrupted and solid posture for defending the seas and islands as well as bring into play the synergy of forces to safeguard the sacred sovereignty over the Fatherland’s seas and islands.