Defence international integration and external affairs in 2020, orientation to 2021

Monday, January 18, 2021, 10:23 (GMT+7)
In 2020, defence international integration and cooperation continued to be deployed synchronously, comprehensively, achieving many positive results, successfully completing the task of preventing and fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic and the objectives and plans of foreign affairs set out for 2020, which was recognised and highly appreciated by the Party, State and the People.

The entire Military devotes effort to successfully fulfilling the military-defence task in 2021

Monday, January 11, 2021, 15:38 (GMT+7)
In spite of complicated developments of natural disasters and particularly COVID-19 pandemic, the whole Military heightened a sense of political responsibility, well performed its function as an army ready for combat, for work, and for production, and promoted its core role in building the all-people national defence and safeguarding the Homeland

On the organisation and use of our military forces in the United Nations peacekeeping

Sunday, November 15, 2020, 09:17 (GMT+7)
Participation in the United Nations peacekeeping is to implement the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, and development and the diplomatic strategy on multilateralising and diversifying international relations by our Party and State. Therefore, it is necessary to undertake researches into the organisation and use of our military forces in the United Nations peacekeeping under Vietnam’s Constitution and law and international practice

Following Uncle Ho’s teachings, the General Department of Logistics heightens a sense of responsibility towards the logistics work

Saturday, July 11, 2020, 11:07 (GMT+7)
President Ho Chi Minh ever said that “supply is as important as direct fighting against enemies on the front; only when being sufficiently provided with weapons and food could troops win victories.” Those words have always been remembered by generations of cadres, employees and soldiers within the General Department of Logistics (GDL) as an incentive for their successful fulfillment of all assigned tasks

Military Hospital 175 strives to become an intensive and versatile medical complex on a par with the region

Friday, May 22, 2020, 15:16 (GMT+7)
As a strategic hospital in the south of the country, Military Hospital 175 (the Hospital) under the Ministry of National Defence (MND) is tasked with supporting combat missions, providing medical examination and treatment, and delivering healthcare services to cadres and leaders of the Party, State, and Army, wounded and sick soldiers, service members, and residents within its area of responsibility as well as high-ranking officers of the Royal Cambodian Army

Viet Nam National Defence White Paper clearly expresses the nature of peace and self-defence

Thursday, May 14, 2020, 15:39 (GMT+7)
Viet Nam’s introduction of the “four-no” policy in its National Defence White Paper demonstrates the true humanity of our Party and State’s guiding standpoint in peacetime. It also expresses our aspiration for promoting defence cooperation with countries in the world to enhance national defence and response to common security challenges.

Bringing into play the virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” when participating in the UN peacekeeping

Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 09:37 (GMT+7)
In the current situation, apart from the tasks of training, combat readiness, and national protection, our Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is assigned to take part in the United Nations peacekeeping, which is seen as a glorious mission. The VPA is entrusted with this new, extremely difficult task by the Party and the State as it is associated with the country’s status

Not joining any military alliances – A sound policy of Vietnam national defence

Monday, April 20, 2020, 14:56 (GMT+7)
To reaffirm its consistent defence viewpoints and policies and help facilitate mutual understanding and confidence building between Vietnam and other countries in the world, in 2019, the Ministry of National Defence released the Vietnam National Defence White Paper emphasizing its “Not joining any military alliances” policy.

Bringing into play the virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” when participating in the UN peacekeeping

Monday, April 13, 2020, 18:05 (GMT+7)
The image of “Vietnamese messengers of peace” who are working in the UN Peacekeeping Missions in the Central African Republic and South Sudan as well as cadres and employees of the Level-2 Field Hospitals No.1 and No.2 and the engineer team have made contributions to developing and elevating the inherent virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” to the international level and displaying culture and glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnamese people and the heroic Vietnam People’s Army

Promoting the virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” when participating in the United Nations peacekeeping

Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 21:52 (GMT+7)
The title of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” and the noble virtues of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers have been formed and developed during the Vietnam People’s Army’s construction, combat and maturity process. Inheriting and bringing into play those special qualities, cadres, officers, and soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Army taking part in the United Nations peacekeeping have always heightened a sense of responsibility, successfully fulfilled their assigned tasks, and bolstered the qualities and image of Uncle Ho’s soldiers