Shifts in India’s military strategic vision

Friday, November 15, 2024, 07:52 (GMT+7)
The increasing frequency of joint military drills, high-level exchanges, and bilateral defence agreements is reshaping India’s status as a rising power in the Eastern Hemisphere. This aligns with the Modi government’s overarching goal of positioning India as a formidable global player in the years to come.

Improving the working competence in the international environment for the contingent of cadres in military schools nowadays

Monday, September 23, 2024, 15:06 (GMT+7)
To be able to work in the international environment, the contingent of cadres in general, that in military schools in particular is required to not only have the strong political will, pure revolutionary morality, modern and professional working style but also acquire enough skills and thinking, even the outstanding skills and thinking on all fields, especially the professional capacity, knowledge, political theories, culture, experiences.

Participation in UN Peacekeeping Forces - the noble responsibility of the VPA

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 15:57 (GMT+7)
Through this important and meaningful activity, we convey a message of Vietnam as a nation that cherishes peace, humanity, compassion, and loyalty. We are a friend, a reliable partner, and an active, responsible member of the international community, always ready to cooperate in addressing global challenges.

Finland’s accession to NATO and its implications on the region and the world

Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 02:46 (GMT+7)
After Russia launched the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued a report on the international security environment on 13 April 2022, stating that Russia’s action had completely altered the security environment in Europe and that Russia posed a significant security threat to Finland. This is the clearest indication that Finland abandoned its policy of neutrality, and it also served as a sign that the country would draw closer to NATO.

Refuting the distorted argument: “The Army’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations is inappropriate”

Thursday, December 28, 2023, 14:37 (GMT+7)
Practice has shown that since its official participation in UN peacekeeping operations, the VPA has made significant and effective contributions in various fields. One of the most important contributions of the VPA is the active participation in reconstruction, peace maintenance, and humanitarian support missions. The contributions of Vietnam’s “blue beret” soldiers have been recognised and highly appreciated by the UN, serving as an “exemplary model” for other countries. This fact refutes all baseless and unscientific arguments made by hostile forces aimed at undermining the credibility of the VPA and distorting the foreign defence policy of our Party and State.

Ensuring and promoting human rights are Vietnam's consistent policy

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 21:38 (GMT+7)
Respecting and ensuring human rights are the consistent viewpoint and policy of our Party and State; which have been prescribed in the Constitution and laws of Vietnam over times; concretised in socio-economic development strategies and plans appropriate to each stage of the country's development; implemented actively and responsibly in the implementation of international obligations and commitments on human rights.

Military to stay active and proactive in international integration and defence diplomacy in the new context

Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 13:53 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping and implementing the Party’s foreign policy, in recent years, The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence have attached importance to the active and synchronised implementation of international integration and defence diplomacy. Thanks to innovations and creativity, comprehensive results have been yielded on both bilateral and multilateral fronts, contributing to consolidating and developing Vietnam’s relations with other nations and international organisations.

Military Engineering Corps associates increased training quality with implementation of “combat mission in peacetime”

Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:10 (GMT+7)
In the coming years, the cause of building the People’s Army, strengthening of national defence, and protection of the Fatherland poses higher demands on the Corps. Although the country is in peacetime, its troops are still present in places full of difficulties and hardships. They both conduct training and execute combat readiness, both construct defence facilities, clear mines and bombs, and be prepared for dealing with building collapses and search and rescue in strategic areas. To complete their tasks, the Corps’ Party Committee and Command adopt comprehensive measures, in which increased training quality is vital one and serves to make a breakthrough in units’ integrated quality and combat power.

From the Paris peace negotiation in 1973, some thoughts about the foreign affairs in the new situation

Monday, January 30, 2023, 09:48 (GMT+7)
Half a century ago, on 27/01/1973, the Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam was signed in Paris. Following that, an international conference attended by the foreign ministers of 5 Permanent Members of the UN Security Council and the General Secretary and the representatives of all countries in the Supervisory Committee was held to sign the International Act on the Implementation of the Agreement. Those are the historical events conveying profound meanings and making widely impacts on not only our country but the whole world as well.

Bringing into play its good results, the entire Military enhances defence diplomacy work to meet the requirements of national protection

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 22:47 (GMT+7)
Defence diplomacy is part of national diplomacy, tasked with implementing the Party’s guidelines on protecting the Homeland from afar, preventing conflicts, settling all disputes by peaceful means, and making contributions to protecting national independence, sovereignty, unification, and territorial integrity and creating a peaceful, stable environment for national construction and protection