Coordination between the General Political Department of the Vietnam People’s Army and the Central Theoretical Council in researching and developing theories on military and national defence
Monday, November 18, 2024, 21:05 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping and strictly implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s viewpoint on the pioneering role of revolutionary theory, our Party has alway paid attention and taken care the work of researching and developing theoretical frameworks, including military and national defence theory, to provide scientific foundations for shaping the Party’s directions, government’s policies and laws in the cause of building and safeguarding the nation throughout various stages of revolution.
National Defence Academy applies the Resolution of the 8th Plenum of the Party Central Committee (13th tenure) to training and scientific research
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 18:18 (GMT+7)
As the centre of training senior cadres of the Party, State, and People’s Army, the National Defence Academy (NDA) has grasped and seriously carried out measures to quickly bring the Resolution into life and timely support training, scientific research, and proposal on issues relating to military, national defence, and protection of the Fatherland.
General Le Trong Tan’s remarkable contributions to Vietnam’s military art
Friday, October 04, 2024, 16:10 (GMT+7)
Holding various commanding positions from tactical and operational to strategic levels, commanding almost all campaigns and decisive strategic operations in the two resistance wars against the US and the French as well as in the war to defend the Southwestern border, he made significant contributions to the development of Vietnam’s unique, creative military art and our nation’s victory against the most powerful imperialists of the 20th century
Applying the principle of “Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” in national defence, security, and the protection of the Fatherland
Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:44 (GMT+7)
“Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” is a core philosophy of President Ho Chi Minh, which has become a guiding principle for the Party in its struggle for national liberation and unification. Today, in the context of a rapidly evolving and unpredictable global and regional landscape, this principle holds even greater significance and must be thoroughly understood and effectively applied in the realms of national defence, security, and the safeguarding of the Fatherland.
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.
Building a strong National Defence Academy on a par with military modernisation
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 19:55 (GMT+7)
The academy attaches importance to development of a corps of lecturers, education management cadres, and scientific researchers with sufficient quantity and quality on a par with requirements and missions. Education, training, and scientific research are regularly reformed to improve quality. The academy successfully completes training programmes for both domestic and international learners as provided by plans for each year and course, which contributes not only to the building of a high-quality human resource for the VPA but also increased state management of national defence and security and strengthening of military, defence power, and protection of the Fatherland.
Some issues regarding the development of defence industry to meet the requirements of Military modernisation
Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 16:19 (GMT+7)
In the coming years, under the influence of globalisation and international integration, coupled with the rapid development of the 4th Industrial Revolution, there will be many breakthroughs in the field of military science, leading to the emergence of many modern weapons and equipment, thereby changing the methods of conducting warfare. This requires our defence industry to overcome numerous difficulties and challenges, ensuring the capability to provide weapons and technical equipment for the Military to defeat any invasion and firmly protect the Socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.
Exploiting the fight against corruption and negativism to promote “peaceful evolution” - a cunning tactic
Monday, November 20, 2023, 19:45 (GMT+7)
To date, the anti-corruption efforts have seen resolute and effective leadership from the Central Party, progressively advancing with significant achievements. This has left a positive and comprehensive impact, creating a strong ripple effect throughout society, truly becoming “an irreversible trend” supported and appreciated by Party members, cadres, and the general public, as well as recognised by international friends. This is vivid proof to refute the distorted arguments of hostile, reactionary forces who take advantage of this fight to promote “peaceful evolution” and sabotage the Vietnamese revolution.
Strengthening of national defence and security to safeguard the Fatherland from afar according to the Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:15 (GMT+7)
To grasp and effectively realise the viewpoint of protecting the Fatherland from afar will make a direct contribution to generation of position, force, and comprehensive power of the country to prevent, push back, and neutralise risks, successfully respond to defence, security contingencies, and firmly safeguard the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
On the establishment of strategic offensive combat posture in a war to defend Fatherland
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 09:02 (GMT+7)
Combat posture is the arrangement of troops and weapons on the battlefield under the selected strategy and combat method to bring into play the strength of combat forces and win a decisive victory. During operations, combat posture will not be fixed; it will always develop according to the specific confrontation between modes of strategic-level, operational-level, and tactical-level operations of the warring parties. Combat posture is considered as combat formation at tactical level and campaign arrangement at operational level, and strategic arrangement within the scope of a war.