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
The art of launching key and decisive battle in the Nong Son – Thuong Duc Operation of 1974
Saturday, July 27, 2024, 06:59 (GMT+7)
50 years ago, with the victory of Nong Son – Thuong Duc Operation, we annihilated a significant portion of enemy troops and shattered their defensive network on Quang Da battlefield. This crucial victory marked a significant development in the art of joint combat, including the art of launching operational-level key and decisive battle, contributing to creating posture and momentum for the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising
Distorting the Victory of 30 April 1975 with refreshed information is unacceptable
Friday, April 26, 2024, 14:05 (GMT+7)
The great victory has receded into history for nearly half a century. During that period of time, the descendants of the winning generation have become more aware of the losses, pain, and great sacrifices of their predecessors; felt more deeply in all aspects of the resistance war and become more proud of the glorious Party, the great President Ho Chi Minh, the nation and the heroic Vietnam People's Army. That is a great source of motivation for our people's cause of building and protecting the Fatherland today.
The art of artillery deloyment in the Route 9 - Southern Laos Counteroffensive Operation of 1971
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:13 (GMT+7)
After nearly two months of continuous combat, with high determination, flexible and innovative application of the art of counteroffensive warfare, and leveraging the unified strength of combined arms, we “fought brilliantly, won spectacularly, and achieved outstanding results.” This led to the failure of the enemy’s plan to expand beyond their outer defensive perimeter, resulting in the elimination of a significant enemy force, the destruction of numerous war vehicles, and the complete collapse of the “Saigon military main force plus maximum U.S. firepower support” formula - the backbone of the “Vietnamisation” strategy. The success of the operation marked a milestone in the development of our art of large-scale combined arms warfare tactics, with the art of using artillery prominently featured.
The art of force utilisation during Binh Gia Offensive, Winter – Spring 1964 – 1965
Wednesday, February 08, 2023, 15:25 (GMT+7)
The Victory of Binh Gia was brilliant milestone in our resistance war against the U.S. for national salvation, marking an oustanding maturity of regular units of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam and an important development of our operational art. This victory left many valuable lessons about the art of force organisation and utilisation, which need to be studied and applied futher in the cause of national defence today.
Highlights of military art in the Battle of Ap Bac in 1963
Monday, January 09, 2023, 08:59 (GMT+7)
The outstanding features of the military art employed in the Battle of Ap Bac and the experience learnt from this engagement still have profound theoretical and practical values today, and they need to be further studied, developed, and applied in the cause of building and defending the Motherland in the present day.
The art of strongpoint encirclement and reinforcement ambush in Operation Hiep Duc – Dong Duong
Friday, November 25, 2022, 17:01 (GMT+7)
Operation Hiep Duc – Dong Duong caused the initial destruction of the US and Saigon puppet forces in the contiguous area between the mountainous area and the coastal plain, expanding liberated zones and creating developments in our strategic offensive posture in the Southern Battlefield. The success of this operation provided us many invaluable lessons, especially in the art of strongpoint encirclement, reinforcement ambush that needs to be study further and employed in potential future defensive war to protect the Motherland.
It is impossible to distort or deny the stature, meaning and value of the Victory Day, April 30, 1975
Thursday, April 28, 2022, 14:12 (GMT+7)
At 11:30 a.m. on April 30, 1975, the flag of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam fluttered on the roof of the Independence Palace, marking a sacred moment for the Vietnamese people, gloriously ending the resistance war against the US for national salvation which lasted for 21 years (1954 - 1975). Since then, April 30 has become the official holiday of the Vietnamese people, named the Victory Day, or the Reunification Day
Long An province strengthens the building of defensive zones to meet its task requirements
Saturday, February 12, 2022, 13:31 (GMT+7)
Building strong provincial-level defensive zones is a strategic policy of our Party and State. Well implementing this policy is of importance to Long An as a border province located in the Southern key economic region. Thus, the province has focused its leadership and direction on performing this central political task via many synchronous, effective measures
Distinctive features of offensive art in Operation Nguyen Hue in 1972
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 18:49 (GMT+7)
After a long time implementing the strategy of "Vietnamization", especially their "pacification" scheme in the South, the enemy occupied most of the Mekong Delta and Tri - Thien area, pushing our main force to the other side of the border, tightening the grip of oppression of local governments, preventing the development of our local armed forces and militia and guerrillas