Ho Chi Minh City closely combines socio-economic development with the enhancement of potentials for national defence and security

Thursday, February 16, 2023, 13:41 (GMT+7)
Combining socio-economic development with the consolidation of national defence and security is a strategic policy of our Party and State, and a regular and urgent task of each locality, including Ho Chi Minh city, in order to build it into a mega centre in different aspects; being a smart, fast and sustainable development centre of the whole country, and for the whole country and for the happiness of the people, making a great contribution to the cause of national construction and defence.

Top 10 international defence and military events in 2022

Friday, January 27, 2023, 09:12 (GMT+7)
In 2022, the world continued to witness a volatile panorama with dark and light colours interwoven. Strategic competition among major powers, local conflicts, boundary and territorial disputes, arms races, etc. happened in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic being controlled, yet its aftermaths still affect many countries.

Key features of the new U.S defence strategy

Sunday, December 18, 2022, 11:56 (GMT+7)
The fact that the U.S Department of Defence officially announced the 2022 NDS after more than six months of delay showed the importance of this strategy as well as the efforts of President Joe Biden’s administration to send a message of deterrence to adversaries and to reassure its allies and partners about the role of the U.S in ensuring security in the context that it had to face challenges and difficulties, such as the mid-term election, natural disasters, epidemics, the military conflict in Ukraine, tensions in Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, etc.

“Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” Victory – its stature and historical lessons for the cause of Fatherland construction and defence

Sunday, December 18, 2022, 11:53 (GMT+7)
Although 50 years have elapsed, the spirit of the “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory remains a great epic of the Vietnamese people’s will, courage, and wisdom under the Party’s leadership. Lessons learnt from this victory will continue to be researched, applied, and developed in the cause of building and protecting the Socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

Impacts of the 4th Industrial Revolution on the task of national defence in the current context

Sunday, December 11, 2022, 10:00 (GMT+7)
New achievements of the 4IR with breakthroughs in the fields of digital, material technology, and biology, etc. have had a strong impact on thinking, military and national defence strategy and specific combat operations through the application of foundational technology, creating breakthrough products to improve combat effectiveness.

On the Party’s principle of defending the Motherland early and from afar

Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 07:43 (GMT+7)
Defending the Motherland early and from afar is the guiding thought, consistent view and action of our Party, our Army and our People; it is also our grand strategy and plan to defend the country today. Grasping and effectively implementing this strategy is realising the objective of defending the Motherland in peace time without having to wage war. This is also the ultimate strategy to safeguard Vietnam Socialist Motherland.

Corps 1 enhances the quality of training and combat readiness

Monday, October 24, 2022, 08:01 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping the Party’s military-defence viewpoints and guidelines on safeguarding the Fatherland and the features of all assigned tasks, over the years, in parallel with rectifying the organisation and building a strong unit, Corps 1 has intensely concentrated on training which constitutes a breakthrough to constantly enhance synergy and combat readiness capability.

Ensuring national defence and security - an important and regular task of the Party

Saturday, June 25, 2022, 21:17 (GMT+7)
To realise the goals and aspirations of building a prosperous and happy country of the entire nation, the work of strengthening national defence and security becomes ever more important, requiring the entire Party, people and Army to uphold high political determination and make greater efforts; bringing into full play the patriotic and self-reliant spirit, the strength of the great national unity; constantly consolidating combat strength, maintaining political security, social order and safety, firmly safeguarding the Fatherland, and creating favourable conditions for the country's rapid and sustainable development.

A snapshot of the amendments to the U.S defence policies toward Indo-Pacific region

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 08:37 (GMT+7)
Indo-Pacific is given top priority by the U.S since this has been the most “dynamically developing” region with a fast-growing market across the globe, especially in the presence of the world’s leading economies.

Enhancing the combination between socio-economic development and defence and security strengthening in the new situation

Monday, June 13, 2022, 18:56 (GMT+7)
Combining socio-economic development with strengthening national defence and security is a strategic and sound policy of the Party, requiring all levels, branches and localities to thoroughly grasp and implement with creative and appropriate measures and methods, contributing to the successful implementation of the two strategic tasks of the revolution, namely building and firmly defending the Vietnam socialist Fatherland.