Engineering Corps enhances its participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 20:47 (GMT+7)
Engineering Corps determines that it must continue to lead and direct the implementation of the task of building strong Engineering units, on par with the task, in order to further improve the effectiveness of its participation in United Nations peacekeeping activities.

Several major guidelines for defence diplomacy in 2025

Sunday, March 09, 2025, 08:56 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s defence cooperation, particularly with neighbours, major powers, strategic partners, comprehensive partners, ASEAN members, and traditional friends, continued to be enhanced. Multilateral defence diplomacy was carried out flexibly, closely, effectively, thereby contributing to cementing international solidarity, building strategic trust, taking advantage of major powers’ support for Vietnam to safeguard its national interests in international forums

Applying the principle of “Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” in national defence, security, and the protection of the Fatherland

Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:44 (GMT+7)
“Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” is a core philosophy of President Ho Chi Minh, which has become a guiding principle for the Party in its struggle for national liberation and unification. Today, in the context of a rapidly evolving and unpredictable global and regional landscape, this principle holds even greater significance and must be thoroughly understood and effectively applied in the realms of national defence, security, and the safeguarding of the Fatherland.

Key tasks of international integration and defence diplomacy in 2024

Friday, March 08, 2024, 19:54 (GMT+7)
On grasping diplomatic guidelines and policies of the Party and State, international integration and defence diplomacy were carried out synchronously, actively, and proactively; recorded comprehensive achievements both bilaterally and multilaterally; continued to be one of the vital pillars of Party, State, and people-to-people diplomacy; and contributed to defence of the Fatherland from afar.

Building Military Hospital 103 on a par with task requirements

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 20:10 (GMT+7)
Bringing into play the traditions of the Unit awarded 3 times with the “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” title, Military Hospital 103 has endeavoured to improve the quality of education, treatment, scientific research and serving manners, striving to become a top modernised hospital of the Military and the country.

Thorough grasping the Resolution of the Central Military Commission, the entire military seeks to complete military and defence tasks in 2024 successfully

Monday, February 05, 2024, 15:00 (GMT+7)
The year 2024 is key to accomplishment of the goals and missions set forth in the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress and the Resolution of the 11th Military Party Congress. The entire military manages to basically complete adjustment of force organisation in an adept, compact, strong direction, which helps to generate new strength and successfully implement all assigned tasks with higher outcomes as compared to the year 2023.

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.

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.

The entire military promotes the “Determination to Win” Emulation Movement and completes military, defence missions in the new situation

Monday, June 12, 2023, 07:37 (GMT+7)
The entire military need to leverage their core role and work closely with levels, branches, forces, and localities to establish potential, force, and posture of the national defence; improve the sustainability and ability to mobilise strength of the national economy to meet requirements and missions in national defence situations. They are requested to participate actively and responsibly in building a strong political system at all echelons, especially at the grassroots level in strategic, critical, remote, border, island, maritime areas; help people to eradicate hunger and reduce poverty; be in the vanguard of preventing, responding, and dealing with consequences of natural disasters, environmental catastrophes, epidemics, and search and rescue, contributing to establishment of increasingly robust “people’s heart and mind posture.”

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.