The Great Victory of Spring 1975 – Lessons for the cause of building the army, strengthening national defence, and safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 22:22 (GMT+7)
The invaluable lessons of the Great Victory of Spring 1975 remain profoundly relevant today, they must be inherited, further developed, and creatively applied to the cause of defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, creating a peaceful, stable environment in which our nation can firmly advance into a new era of development, civilisation and prosperity.
Liberation of the Spratly Islands: A strategic victory in the liberation of the South and national reunification
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 14:36 (GMT+7)
The victory of the liberation of the Spratly Islands in 1975 holds profound strategic significance. It not only contributed to the complete success of the Spring 1975 General Offensive and Uprising, which fully liberated the South and reunified the country, but also firmly affirmed Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the Spratly Islands.
BRICS expansion: opportunities and challenges for ASEAN
Monday, March 24, 2025, 13:05 (GMT+7)
Since being founded by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in the early 21st century, BRICS has increasingly strengthened its role as a key driver of global economic growth. The group has garnered attention and aroused desire for membership from the international community, including ASEAN countries
Naval Region 2 builds a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds” at sea
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 15:43 (GMT+7)
Protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands represents a central, routine task of the entire Party, Military, people, and political system, with fishermen playing a role of utmost importance. Thus, in addition to training and combat readiness, Naval Region 2 has attached great value to building a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds” at sea via various measures, contributing to safeguarding national sovereignty over the Fatherland’s Southern sea, islands, and continental shelf
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.
Bac Lieu provincial armed forces step up the execution of Project 1371
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 07:14 (GMT+7)
Under Guidance 610/HD-BCĐ, dated 3 March 2022, by Ministry of National Defence Steering Board for Project 1371 and plans and guiding documents by Military Region 9’s Steering Board, the PMC has advised the Provincial People’s Committee to issue Plan to execute Project 1371 in the period of 2022 - 2027 and other documents for the direction and implementation process
Beware of calls for political regime change in Vietnam
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 15:25 (GMT+7)
Calls seek to incite demands for the establishment of political pluralism and opposition parties, steering the country towards a capitalist political system are extremely dangerous and warrant vigilance, resolute opposition, and outright rejection.
Shaping the defence and security policy of the US President Donald Trump's administration
Monday, March 10, 2025, 15:19 (GMT+7)
Although things are still unclear, the decisions that President Donald Trump will make in his new term, especially in the field of defence and security, will certainly have a great impact on the regional and world security structure.
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
Geopolitical upheaval in Syria and its impacts on regional and global security
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:09 (GMT+7)
On 27 November 2024, the Syrian opposition - led primarily by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - launched a large-scale surprise offensive on areas under the control of the Syrian government. After more than ten days of fighting, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s leader, Muhammad al-Julani, declared the downfall of President Assad’s government