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.

Automotive Technology and Engineering College focuses on raising the quality of education and training

Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 07:45 (GMT+7)
Automotive Technology and Engineering College whose forerunner was Tien Bo School under the General Technical Department was founded in October 1951; it launched the first course on November 25th, 1951. Nowadays, it is tasked with training vehicle - machinery technicians, mechanics at associate, intermediate, and elementary levels, and drivers for the Military. It is also assigned to take part in training technical and technological human resources for the country’s industrialisation and modernisation

Promoting the Military’s core role in responding to natural calamities, and search and rescue

Tuesday, June 09, 2020, 09:28 (GMT+7)
Given the complications of global climate change and the risk of serious incidents and disasters during the process of modernisation and industrialisation of the country, the Military should advise the Party and the State to direct the ministries, sectors and localities to study and give out anticipation and warning about the probable disasters and diseases as foundation for the making of strategies and policies for socio-economic development in combination with the building of projects and plans for responding to the situations.

Bringing into play the virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” when participating in the UN peacekeeping

Monday, April 13, 2020, 18:05 (GMT+7)
The image of “Vietnamese messengers of peace” who are working in the UN Peacekeeping Missions in the Central African Republic and South Sudan as well as cadres and employees of the Level-2 Field Hospitals No.1 and No.2 and the engineer team have made contributions to developing and elevating the inherent virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” to the international level and displaying culture and glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnamese people and the heroic Vietnam People’s Army

Promoting the virtues of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” when participating in the United Nations peacekeeping

Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 21:52 (GMT+7)
The title of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” and the noble virtues of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers have been formed and developed during the Vietnam People’s Army’s construction, combat and maturity process. Inheriting and bringing into play those special qualities, cadres, officers, and soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Army taking part in the United Nations peacekeeping have always heightened a sense of responsibility, successfully fulfilled their assigned tasks, and bolstered the qualities and image of Uncle Ho’s soldiers

Participation in the UN peacekeeping operations – an important mission of the Military in the new period

Tuesday, November 06, 2018, 21:34 (GMT+7)
Taking part in the UN peacekeeping operations is a task of importance of the whole country in general, the Military in particular – a step to realize the Party and State’s policies on defence international integration and diplomacy. It contributes to affirming Vietnam’s role, responsibility, prestige and status in maintaining peace and stability in the region and worldwide for the sake of cooperation and development

Vietnam proactively organizes force and takes part in the United Nations peacekeeping

Monday, February 26, 2018, 21:31 (GMT+7)
Comprehending and implementing the guidelines for diplomacy and international integration by the Party, Central Military Commission (CMC) and Ministry of National Defence (MND), over the past years, the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department (VPD) has actively taken part in the UN peacekeeping operations, thereby raising our country and Military’s status and prestige in the international arena

International military integration and defense diplomacy in 2017 and directions for 2018

Sunday, February 11, 2018, 08:39 (GMT+7)
Whilst peace, integration, cooperation and development remained the prevailing trend in 2017, the world witnessed growing secessionist movements across some regions, international organizations, countries and such increasingly complicated hotspots as the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East. Though a superficial glance suggested that a cooling down period was truly at play in the South China Sea, a deeper look pointed to latent tensions