Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers - the core component of the Vietnam - Laos combat alliance

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 16:23 (GMT+7)
On 30 October 1949, the Standing Board of the Indochinese Communist Party Central Committee decided: “Vietnamese military forces will fight and work to help Laos establish their own system and will be organised as Volunteer Soldiers”. Under the leadership of our Party and President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers excellently fulfilled their task of giving assistance to the Lao revolution, worthy of the cornerstone of the Vietnam - Laos combat alliance

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

The art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements” during Central – Lower Laos Campaign 1954

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:56 (GMT+7)
In coordination with other theatres during the Winter – Spring Strategic Offensive of 1953 – 1954, we launched a surprise campaign in Central – Lower Laos, inflicting major losses to the enemy, forcing them to disperse their mobile reserve forces in multiple directions. This is a small-scale campaign conducted in a strategic area, far from our logistics bases; however, with the employment of the art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements”, we were able to achieve very high combat efficiency, contributing to the ultimate victory of our Resistance War against French Colonialism

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.

Several strategic directions of the Party for the South revolution in 1971

Thursday, September 30, 2021, 07:54 (GMT+7)
In 1971, under the Party’s sound leadership, our military and people defeated the enemy’s large-scale operations, “pacification” plan, and strategy of “Vietnamisation” to create advantages and strength for the South revolution. 50 years have elapsed, but that leadership remains valuable and should continue to be studied and applied to the war to defend the Homeland (if occurred)

Strategic diversion in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign

Thursday, February 14, 2019, 07:53 (GMT+7)
65 years ago, to create a diversion and favourable condition for our units in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign to transform the posture, we launched the Upper Laos Campaign (January 29th 1954 to February 13th 1954) and gained a significant victory. The Campaign provides us with lessons on the art of strategic diversion which remains valuable both theoretically and practically

The Lao People’s Army promotes its 70-year-long traditions to strengthen itself

Friday, January 18, 2019, 13:44 (GMT+7)
During its 70 years of building, combating and maturing, the Lao People’s Army (LPA) has always asserted its core role in the struggle for national liberation and the cause of Homeland defense. Amidst more demanding requirements, the LPA exerts itself to become comprehensively strong, successfully fulfilling its assigned tasks and deserving to be the loyal and reliable political and combat forces of the Party, the State and the people of Laos

Coordination of Vietnamese-Lao Coalition during Plain of Jars - Xiengkhouang Defensive Campaign 1972

Thursday, July 27, 2017, 17:41 (GMT+7)
In the battlefield of Laos 1972, Lao and Vietnamese troops together launched significant campaigns and gained remarkable victories. In this regard, combat coordination of the Vietnamese-Lao Coalition forces during the Plain of Jars - Xiengkhouang Defensive Campaign serves as a special art

Lao People’s Army - a credible force of the Lao State - a reliable friend of the Vietnam People’s Army

Friday, January 20, 2017, 08:04 (GMT+7)
Sharing the same goals and requirements of Indochina’s revolution and the viewpoint “Indochina is one battlefield”, Pathet Lao troops always fought shoulder to shoulder with Vietnamese volunteer soldiers during the struggle against colonialism and imperialism to gain and maintain national independence and freedom

The art of pursuing the enemy during the Upper Lao Campaign in 1954

Wednesday, March 05, 2014, 10:13 (GMT+7)
Upper Laos Campaign (1954) was of strategic and operational significance , aimed at annihilating the enemy's strength, liberating the land and scattering the strategic mobile forces of the French colonialist, isolating the Dien Bien Phu fortified camp installation. Many valuable experiences and lessons have been drawn from the campaign.