The use of water commandos in maritime and island defence operations

Monday, April 21, 2025, 15:52 (GMT+7)
The organisation and employment of water commandos in maritime and island defence during a war to protect the Fatherland is a matter of strategic importance. Although this is not a new topic, it pertains to military art that is constantly evolving, thus requiring continued research, supplementation, and refinement in both theory and practice.

Tank - Armoured Force during 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising

Monday, April 21, 2025, 15:52 (GMT+7)
50 years ago, under the Party’s sound leadership, our Military and people successfully conducted the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising, completely liberating the South, unifying the country. In that glorious victory, tank - armoured troops made brilliant contributions, thereby deserving to be an “important raiding force” of the Vietnam People’s Army

Building a “strong, extensive” militia and self-defence force on a par with its task requirements

Thursday, March 27, 2025, 08:42 (GMT+7)
Building a “strong, extensive” militia and self-defence force with a high level of synergy and combat power is a matter of strategic importance; it is a duty of the entire Party, people, and Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), aimed at developing military - defence potentialities and postures, meeting the requirements of Fatherland protection

On the establisment of military posture in military region defence operations

Friday, March 21, 2025, 13:32 (GMT+7)
To secure victory in defence operations, military region commanders and headquarters must address multiple challenges regarding force organisation, posture, theoretical and practical aspects of preparation, and execution of combat operations. In particular, mastering the art of creating and establishing military, political, and economic posture is crucial.

Several issues regarding military region-level defensive campaigns

Monday, September 16, 2024, 16:13 (GMT+7)
In a (potential) war to defend the Homeland, defensive campaigns will play a crucial role in military region-level defensive operations and may be organised right from the start or during the course of defensive operations, enhancing the protection of key areas in a strategic axis. Therefore, even in peacetime, it is urgent that the conditions, locations, and scale of such a campaign be thoroughly studied

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

Dien Bien Province taps into value of the victory on 7 May 1954 to build itself on a par with a historical site

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 14:44 (GMT+7)
Celebration of the 70-year anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory is an extensive intensive political activity, which enables the Party Committee, authority, armed forces, and people of Dien Bien Province to review the glorious history of the resistance war against French colonialists, thus better understanding the significance and historical value of the victory and being motivated to promote solidarity, indomitable spirit, and emulation for building Dien Bien into an increasingly prosperous, civilised province on a par with the significance of a historical site.

Three breakthroughs in making the 550th Engineering Brigade a comprehensively strong, “exemplary and typical” unit

Thursday, February 29, 2024, 07:10 (GMT+7)
Along with prioritising the building of a politically, ideologically, and organisationally strong unit, fostering internal solidarity and unity and promoting the pioneering of officers, the Brigade has intensified the three breakthroughs, namely enhancing the quality of training, intensifying regularity building and discipline management, and ensuring adequate logistics and technical support for tasks.

Building an “elite, compact, and strong” Engineering Corps

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 07:19 (GMT+7)
As a combat support corps indispensable in combat, to meet the requirements of being “elite, compact, and strong”, alongside organisational development and human resource cultivation, the Engineering Corps emphasises advising and proposing the development of engineering technical equipment towards synchronisation and modernisation.

On the establishment of strategic offensive combat posture in a war to defend Fatherland

Thursday, November 16, 2023, 09:02 (GMT+7)
Combat posture is the arrangement of troops and weapons on the battlefield under the selected strategy and combat method to bring into play the strength of combat forces and win a decisive victory. During operations, combat posture will not be fixed; it will always develop according to the specific confrontation between modes of strategic-level, operational-level, and tactical-level operations of the warring parties. Combat posture is considered as combat formation at tactical level and campaign arrangement at operational level, and strategic arrangement within the scope of a war.