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.
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
Military Region 5 builds strong armed forces under the Resolution of the 13th Party Central Committee’s 8th Plenum
Thursday, September 12, 2024, 10:42 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping Resolution 44-NQ/TW dated 24 November 2023 by the Party Central Committee on the Strategy for Fatherland Protection in the New Situation, Military Region 5’s Party Committee and Command have been focusing their leadership and direction on making the Military Region’s armed forces strong as the basis for raising the Military Region’s synergy and combat power, enabling the Military Region to readily undertake and successfully fulfil all assigned tasks
Naval Region 1 harnesses political and spiritual elements in “winning the first battle” to secure maritime sovereignty
Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 11:54 (GMT+7)
Following the tradition of its predecessors who won the first battle, Naval Region 1 intensifies traditional education, fostering belief and the determination to fight and win among its troops. It vigorously trains them to master new, modern technical weaponry, refine their tactics, and enhance overall quality and combat strength to firmly safeguard the northeastern maritime regions of the Fatherland.
Brigade 170 enhances the effectiveness of legal dissemination and education
Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 13:32 (GMT+7)
In recent years, the Brigade’s Party Committee and Command have synchronously implemented comprehensive leadership and directive measures. Among these, improving the effectiveness of legal dissemination and education is critical. This aims to cultivate legal awareness and behaviour in compliance with state laws and military discipline among officers and soldiers, serving as a foundation for effectively fulfilling military duties and the rights and obligations of citizens.
Main contents of the Master Planning on development of Vietnam’s seaport system in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050
Thursday, May 30, 2024, 19:38 (GMT+7)
With systematic method, careful research, objective assessment, and strategic vision in the direction of promoting the strengths of each region and locality, ensuring investment and sustainable development, it is hoped that that the Plan will be a solid legal basis and a premise for developing seaport infrastructure in particular and transport infrastructure in general, ensuring wholeness, high connectivity, synchronisation and modernity, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals set by the Party and State.
Viet Nam Coast Guard encourages international cooperation in law enforcement at sea
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 20:33 (GMT+7)
Viet Nam has a sea of more than 1 million square kilometres with over 3,000 big and small islands and 2 archipelagos, namely Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) and Truong Sa (Spratly Islands); being the space for the nation’s existence and long-term development, Viet Nam’s sea plays a role of importance in terms of politics, economy, society, defence, security, and diplomacy
Solutions for maintaining communication in maritime defence operations
Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 08:32 (GMT+7)
Ensuring communication support in maritime and island defence operations is a highly specialised, challenging and complex task. Therefore, this issue needs to continue to be studied thoroughly to lay the groundwork for the preparation and implementation of robust communication support in (potential) combat operations to defend the sacred maritime sovereignty of the Homeland.
Orientations and tasks in the Strategy for sustainable exploitation and protection of marine resources and environment
Monday, February 26, 2024, 15:05 (GMT+7)
Recognising the great value of sea and island resources for the cause of national construction and defence, particularly the sustainable development of the marine economy, our Party has identified basic orientations and tasks in the Strategy for sustainable exploitation and protection of the marine resources and environment until 2030.
Strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of resources and environmental protection of seas and island until 2030 with a vision to 2050
Friday, September 29, 2023, 15:36 (GMT+7)
The Government's issuance of the Resolution on "Strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of resources and protection of the marine and island environment until 2030, with a vision to 2050" is an important event, aiming to specifically concretise the implementation of the Party's policies on sustainable development of the marine economy; create favourable legal mechanisms and institutions to exploit and use marine resources effectively and equitably on the basis of a harmonious combination of socio-economic benefits with environmental protection, ensuring green marine economic development, making our country a strong one with wealth from the sea.