The 1954 Geneva Accords – classic diplomatic lessons

Friday, July 19, 2024, 08:59 (GMT+7)
70 years ago, on 21 July 1954, the Geneva Accords on the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam were signed, becoming a historic milestone in the country’s revolutionary diplomacy. The signing of the Geneva Accords, which mainly resulted from the Dien Bien Phu victory that “resounded across the five continents and shook the globe”, victoriously ended our country’s prolonged resistance war and completely smashed the nearly-100-year yoke of French colonialism in Vietnam

National Resistance and its lessons for military build-up, national defence consolidation, and Homeland protection in new revolutionary period

Sunday, December 19, 2021, 22:09 (GMT+7)
After the success of the August Revolution and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the first democratic state in Southeast Asia, our country was confronted with numerous difficulties and challenges, including a reinvasion by the French. With great support from the U.S. and the UK, French colonialists unilaterally nullified all peace agreements with Vietnam (Preliminary Agreement, dated March 6th, 1946 and Provisional Agreement, dated September 14th, 1946)

Editorial: Appeal for National Resistance - its historical and epochal significance

Saturday, December 18, 2021, 07:33 (GMT+7)
With our nation’s humanistic tradition and burning desire for peace, our Party and President Ho Chi Minh expressed goodwill and appeasement as much as possible to avoid further bloodshed and spare more time for national construction. “But the more we make concessions, the more the French colonialists encroach on us because they want to take over our country again.” At that crucial moment of the nation, on the evening of December 19th, 1946, President Ho Chi Minh issued the Appeal for National Resistance

Bringing into play the spirit of national resistance to build the politico-spiritual potential of the all-people national defence for the Homeland construction and protection in new situation

Friday, December 17, 2021, 07:51 (GMT+7)
75 years have elapsed, but the Appeal for National Resistance has always been in each Vietnamese citizen’s mind. The historical significance of the Appeal for National Resistance remains valid, particularly in building the politico-spiritual potential of the all-people national defence for constructing and defending our Socialist Vietnamese Homeland in the new situation

Appeal for national resistance – The proclamation of Ho Chi Minh's era

Thursday, December 16, 2021, 08:18 (GMT+7)
On the night of December 19, 1946, the Voice of Vietnam aired President Ho Chi Minh's Appeal for national resistance war. Immediately, Hanoi's electric lights went out, and Lang and Xuan Tao fortresses in Hanoi opened fire, signaling the beginning of the national resistance war against the French invaders. That is the sacred proclamation calling on the armed forces and people countrywide to take up arms to protect the independence and freedom of the Fatherland to continue the heroic history of the nation

Russian October Revolution of 1917 - a revolution that knows how to protect itself

Friday, November 05, 2021, 10:28 (GMT+7)
Russian October Revolution is one of the greatest and most profound revolutions in the history as it knows how to protect itself and acts as a lodestar for the liberation of the human race from oppression and exploitation. Thanks to Russian October Revolution, the Communist Party of Vietnam has led our people to the victories in the August Revolution of 1945, in the defence of our revolutionary fruits, and in today’s Homeland construction and protection

August Revolution and Ho Chi Minh's diplomatic culture

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 09:24 (GMT+7)
During the August Revolution, Ho Chi Minh's diplomatic culture was clearly demonstrated in the noble goal of national liberation, human liberation and the struggle for the good values of humanity; in the art of taking advantage of opportunities; in the continuation of the tradition of peace and humanity; in the diplomatic motto of "being firm in objectives, flexible in strategies and tactics” and in the diplomatic style of sophistication, simplicity, sincerity, and humanity.

The ideology of mercy in Vietnamese military culture

Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 06:44 (GMT+7)
To establish such a culture, the Vietnamese people have always considered “compassion and righteousness” as the consistent ideology in the political and military guidelines for national salvation and protection. The ideology of mercy, humanity and compassion acts as the core ideological value of Vietnam’s military culture

Protecting the Fatherland by peaceful means – a consistent policy of the Communist Party and State of Vietnam

Monday, March 09, 2020, 18:16 (GMT+7)
Adhering to the principle of settling contradictions and disputes by peaceful means, and fully aware of the benefit of peaceful means, Vietnam upholds the settlement of contradictions and disputes by peaceful means basing on the respect of international law.

Historical and practical value of the 1946 Preliminary Agreement between Vietnam and France

Sunday, March 06, 2016, 11:30 (GMT+7)
The success of the August Revolution led to the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; however, that State had not been worldwide recognized yet. Meanwhile, the Potsdam Conference decided to deploy allied troops to Indochina to disarm Japanese troops. Accordingly, the North (from the 16th parallel upward) was handed to Jiang Jieshi troops and the South (from 16th parallel southwards) to British troops