950th Brigade enhances the quality of training and combat readiness

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 07:56 (GMT+7)
To successfully fulfill its assigned missions, in recent years, the Brigade has consistently implemented resolutions, directives, orders, plans, and guidance on training and combat readiness. It has established comprehensive leadership principles and measures with focuses and direction established on the specific situation, mission, and objectives, achieving high results.

Applying Ho Chi Minh’s thought in building the all-people national defence posture in the Southwest region

Saturday, May 20, 2023, 09:06 (GMT+7)
The Southwest region holds an important strategic position in terms of national defence and security in the defensive posture of Military Region 9 (MR9) and the southern region. Being imbued with Uncle Ho’s teaching, over the years, the MR9’s Party Committee and High Command, together with the party committees and authorities of provinces and cities in the area have focused on building the all-people defence posture to meet the requirements of national defence.

An Giang associates economic development with defence and security potential enhancement

Monday, January 16, 2023, 10:26 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping and seriously implementing the Party's viewpoint on the implementation of two strategic tasks, building and safeguarding the Fatherland, the provincial Party Committee, the government, the armed forces and the people always uphold the spirit of solidarity and unity, manage to overcome difficulties and strive to promote socio-economic growth in association with strengthening national defence and security with positive results.

Building all-people national defence posture within Southwest in new situation

Monday, February 21, 2022, 09:12 (GMT+7)
According to the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, we must “build and consolidate the all-people national defence posture.” This important, consistent policy should continue to be grasped and effectively implemented to increase our defence power to protect our Fatherland in each strategic direction and area and nationwide, including the Southwest

Combining local people’s warfare with main corps’ operations during the resistance war against the U.S.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 07:28 (GMT+7)
Our people’s resistance war against U.S., for national salvation provides us with many valuable lessons on military strategies and campaign-level, tactical arts, amongst which combining local people’s warfare with main corps’ operations is a typical example that should continue to be further studied, developed and applied to the war to defend the Homeland (if it occurred)

Forming a protective shield in the “between-wind-and-water” region

Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 07:48 (GMT+7)
Southwestern waters, which span an area of over 300,000 km2, are adjacent to Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. There are approximately 200 islands in Southwestern waters, including Phu Quoc, Hon Rai, Hon Tre, Tho Chu, Nam Du, Hon Chuoi, Hon Khoai, to name but a few. Phu Quoc is the largest island covering an area of 589.23km², approximately the size of Singapore. Some islands are close to the maritime shipping route to the Gulf of Thailand, which is conducive to the building of seaports and regional and international connectivity

A snapshot of Vietnamese Sea and Islands

Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 08:38 (GMT+7)
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, Vietnam’s waters include: internal water, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and a continental shelf of 200km wide from baseline. Geographically, Vietnam’s seas and islands cover a wide range of area which can be sorted into main regions as: the Gulf of Tonkin, the Gulf of Thailand, Paracel and Spratly archipelagos, and some other islands and archipelagos.

Be objective when accessing religious situation in Vietnam

Monday, July 21, 2014, 13:33 (GMT+7)
Being a responsible member of the United Nations and the international community, Vietnam always share, respect all international requirements and commitments of human rights. Vietnam’s historical reality show that many religious organizations and belief and religious activities always go together with the nation in the struggle against suppression and unfairness to gain the national independence and in the cause of building and safeguarding the Socialist Fatherland at present