General Le Trong Tan: A talented, decisive militarist of Vietnam People’s Army

Monday, October 07, 2024, 09:04 (GMT+7)
One thing special is that, during the two final decisive battles in the resistant wars against French colonists and American imperialists, he was the commander of the units attacking enemy headquarters to capture General Christian de Castries in 1954 and the entire cabinet of the Saigon regime in 1975, making worthy contributions to liberation and reunification of the country.

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

Vietnam’s military art and requirements for its development in the new situation

Friday, September 13, 2024, 17:44 (GMT+7)
Even in peacetime, we must best take advantage of the time available to consolidate and strengthen the country’s comprehensive capabilities, especially national defence and security ones, which demonstrates the need to “continue researching and developing theories on national defence, military art, and the art of protecting national security” in line with the Party’s direction

382nd Artillery Brigade to enhance combat power

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 21:11 (GMT+7)
The Brigade Party Committee and commanders have constantly attached importance to building and enhancement of overall quality and combat power and brought into play the tradition of “copper foot, iron shoulder, good fighting, accurate hit” of the heroic Artillery Soldiers in the new condition.

Increasing the quality of operational and strategic military exercises to meet requirement of safeguarding the Fatherland

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 13:29 (GMT+7)
To further enhance combat readiness and win war in any situations requires the entire military to carry out all aspects of work drastically. Of note, importance must be further attached to reform and increased quality of training exercises at all levels, especially the operational and strategic levels, which aims to create a breakthrough in comprehensive quality and combat power.

Use of the army air defence force for engaging drones in the war to safeguard the Fatherland

Friday, June 28, 2024, 15:31 (GMT+7)
Being low-cost munitions with diversified sizes and flexible flight modes, UAVs can operate independently, launch suicide attacks or swarm attacks, and be used at tactical, operational, strategic levels. Thanks to their superior technical, tactical features, UAVs play an indispensible role in modern wars.

The role of artillery in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the issue of building an “elite, compact, and strong” Artillery Corps

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 07:06 (GMT+7)
In the strategic decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu, our artillery force demonstrated its courage and creativity, proving its role as the primary ground firepower of our armed forces, contributing significantly to the victory of the campaign. Via the battle, many valuable lessons were drawn, and they need to be studied and developed to build the Artillery Corps into an “elite, compact, and strong” force, advancing towards modernity, meeting the requirements and objectives of the cause of defending the Homeland in the new situation

Air Defence Brigade 673 with good training and high combat readiness

Saturday, March 30, 2024, 17:24 (GMT+7)
Given the task requirements in the new situation, Air Defence Brigade 673 has continuously strived to successfully accomplish the breakthrough of “good training and high combat readiness”, and regularly improve the overall quality and combat power, making contribution to building the “elite, compact and strong” Corps 12 towards modernity, firmly safeguarding the airspace of the Fatherland.

On the deployment of mobile forces to counter enemy ground advances in a strategic defensive operation in the Southern theatre

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:12 (GMT+7)
Strategic defence is one of the crucial types of strategic military operations, conducted through the coordination of extensive combat actions by onsite forces, units manning the defensive lines, etc., with the concentrated efforts of mobile forces to counter enemy advances. Its aim is to defeat enemy offensives, defend key objectives and strategic territories, and create favourable conditions and timing for subsequent strategic military operations.

950th Brigade enhances the quality of training and combat readiness

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 07:56 (GMT+7)
To successfully fulfill its assigned missions, in recent years, the Brigade has consistently implemented resolutions, directives, orders, plans, and guidance on training and combat readiness. It has established comprehensive leadership principles and measures with focuses and direction established on the specific situation, mission, and objectives, achieving high results.