Plain of Jars - Xiangkhouang Defensive Operation in 1972: a unique art in force utilisation

Thursday, October 24, 2024, 09:43 (GMT+7)
Force organisation and utilisation are crucial elements in generating combat power and achieving victory in each engagement and operation, and the entire conflict. In terms of the 1972 Plain of Jars - Xiangkhouang Defensive Operation, force organisation and utilisation became a form of distinctive art, contributing to the complete defeat of the enemy’s large-scale strategic offensive and creating a new scenario in our resistance war against US imperialists for national salvation

Hoa Binh Province focuses on building a strong national defence

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 10:05 (GMT+7)
Building a strong national defence represents an important and regular task of the entire Party, people and Military. As a strategic province of ​​Military Region 3, Hoa Binh has been implementing several solutions synchronously to carry out this task effectively, contributing to strengthening its national defence, maintaining local stability, and creating a favourable environment for the Province’s fast and sustainable development.

Lao Cai province fosters socio-economic development in line with defence, security, and diplomacy strengthening

Sunday, June 09, 2024, 19:52 (GMT+7)
Being fully aware of the province’s strategic position, over the years, the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People’s Council, and Provincial People’s Committee of Lao Cai have grasped and seriously implemented our Party and State’s resolutions and conclusions on combining socio-economic development with defence, security, diplomacy, and Fatherland protection in the new situation via proper measures, thus achieving a lot of positive results

Son La province builds up and brings into play the strength of great national unity

Friday, June 07, 2024, 07:13 (GMT+7)
Building up and promoting the strength of great national unity constitute a consistent strategy of our Party, serving as an enormous source of strength and a decisive factor in the cause of Fatherland construction and protection. That strategy has been grasped, concretised, and synchronously, effectively implemented by the Party Organisation, Authority, and people of Son La province

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.

Building political-spiritual potential in the Northwestern area in the new situation

Thursday, May 16, 2024, 08:38 (GMT+7)
Building of strong potential of the all-people national defence, the political-spiritual potential in particular, is one of a regular, pivotal tasks of all Party, people, and military. As for the strategic Northwestern area, this mission becomes ever more important. This matter, therefore, deserves further research and creative application to the area with high political resolution and scientific, synchronous solutions.

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.

Logistics work in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 14:46 (GMT+7)
During the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, our army and people stood side by side with the Military Logistics Branch to overcome numerous challenges, hardships, and sacrifices, successfully addressing the “greatest difficulty” encountered during the Campaign, thus creating a miracle in the assurance work and conveying valuable lessons that still hold significant value in the cause of nation-building and protection.

Dien Bien Phu Victory – an epoch-making historic miracle

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 14:42 (GMT+7)
There are historical events that took place like the inevitable; as time goes by we better understand their position and historical significance. The Victory of Dien Bien Phu is such a special event. 70 years have elapsed, and we all realise that Dien Bien Phu Victory is not only a golden epic and a brilliant milestone in the country’s heroic history, but also an epoch-making historic miracle

The art of force organisation and deployment in the 1954 Upper Laos Campaign

Saturday, March 30, 2024, 17:27 (GMT+7)
The victory of the 1954 Upper Laos Campaign played a significant role in establishing a favourable position for the Dien Bien Phu front to implement the “firm attack, firm progress” combat principle, achieving a victory “resounding across continents, shaking the world”. The distinctive art of force deployment drawn from the Campaign should continue to be studied and creatively applied in the current mission of national defence.