New approach of the US in its implementation of policies in South East Asia

Friday, June 23, 2023, 14:16 (GMT+7)
International researchers believe that, in the coming time, the US - ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will be continuously boosted in the fields that  the two sides concern, but the speed will partly depend on the relations among powerful countries in the region and the internal issues of the US.

Political and military shifts in the world 2022

Monday, December 19, 2022, 09:43 (GMT+7)
In 2022, the world witnessed many major military and political shifts. In which, the most significant development was the Russia – Ukraine conflict. According to Western political analysts and politicians, this war has become a powerful drive pushing the world towards a multipolar order, and according to Russian President Putin, the next decade will be the decade that marks the formation of the multipolar world order. This can be a painful and unstable process that potentially leads to further conflicts, but it is inevitable for a world of peace, stability and cooperation.

ASEAN in the context of strategic competition among major powers in Southeast Asia

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 06:56 (GMT+7)
The competition for influence among the major powers in Southeast Asia is increasingly fierce and unpredictable. Due to differences in strategic interests and relationship, many factors arise in this competition that impact Southeast Asia’s peace and stability requiring each country to come up with reasonable solutions and policies.

Indo-Pacific Region in major powers’ strategies

Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 07:50 (GMT+7)
The Indo-Pacific accounts for more than half of the world population, with rich natural resources and sea routes of paramount importance to international trade. This is a region of dynamic development with three top economies of the world, namely the U.S., China, and Japan together with 7 out of 8 fast-growing markets, such as India, China, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This region produces about 60% of global GDP

United States’ pivot towards Asia-Pacific Region – its results and prospects

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 09:39 (GMT+7)
One of the most important strategic shift of the U.S. in the first decades of the 21st century is the Strategy to pivot towards the Asia-Pacific Region which is of special importance to the US global strategy. After 10 years, regardless of a number of successes, there are a lot of difficulties and challenges for Washington to realise that Strategy

Provincial armed forces of Quang Tri promote their core role in building defensive zones

Friday, February 18, 2022, 08:35 (GMT+7)
Quang Tri is located in the East - West economic corridor connecting with Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. Due to its narrow width, it is easily divided. Hence, the building of defensive zones is of importance to the province. Being fully aware of that, the provincial armed forces have played their core role in building defensive zones via synchronous, practical, effective measures

10 notable military-defence events of the world in 2021

Thursday, January 06, 2022, 10:19 (GMT+7)
In 2021, the world situation continued to witness both negative and positive developments. COVID-19 pandemic, strategic competition, trade war, conflicts, subversion, and disputes over sovereignty and territories were extremely intense and negatively impacted on the world’s economy and social life. The following are 10 notable military-defence events selected and introduced by National Defence Journal

The Border Guard Force grasps the Party’s viewpoint on defending the Homeland from afar

Tuesday, July 09, 2019, 17:24 (GMT+7)
The 12th National Party Congress’ Resolution underlines that “there should be a strategy to prevent the risk of wars and conflicts from afar”, which inherits the nation’s thought on “protecting the country before it is put at risk” in the new situation. Grasping that viewpoint is of importance to the Homeland protection in general and the national border protection in particular

The changing geopolitics of East Asia and its implications for regional security

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 07:08 (GMT+7)
The geopolitics on a global scale is experiencing unprecedented changes under the impacts made by the strategic competition between major powers. The East Asia, which remains the world’s most dynamic region and faces intertwined differences and risks of conflict, is at the forefront of the competition between America, China, Russia, the EU, India, and Japan that has been making huge changes in the regional security

Basic guidelines on the work of defence diplomacy in 2019

Sunday, February 10, 2019, 13:37 (GMT+7)
In 2018, the defence diplomacy work was carried out amidst profound changes in the global and regional situation; the domestic situation was basically stable, but our country still faced a lot of difficulties and disadvantages which imposed higher requirements on this work. Clearly understanding that and grasping the Resolution of 12th National Party Congress and the Resolution 806-NQ/QUTW by the Central Military Commission (CMC) on defence international integration and diplomacy until 2020, the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) performed the work of defence diplomacy in a comprehensive, focalized manner