The art of creating and seizing opportunity in the Central Highlands Campaign 1975

Saturday, April 01, 2023, 19:23 (GMT+7)
Our Central Highlands Victory led to a fundamental shift in the balance of power between our force and the enemy and created a favourable strategic situation for us. The enemy was seriously and strategically weakened, this brought us the opportunity to launch the General Offensive and Uprising Spring 1975 to completely liberate the South. The Central Highlands Campaign left us many valuable lessons in military arts, especially the art of creating and seizing opportunities in combat – this is the issue that needs to be further studied, applied and developed in the cause of national defence today.

Training for operational- and strategic-level cadres at the National Defence Academy

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 08:13 (GMT+7)
Clearly understanding the vital roles of the operational art in the development of military art of Viet Nam to meet requirements of modern warfare, over the past few years, the National Defence Academy (NDA) has attached constant importance to both theoretical and practical training at the operational level of war as well as new developments in operational art in the war to defend the Fatherland. It has also actively reformed training contents and methodologies in the direction of openness, development of military thinking, and practical training. Thus, the corps of operational- and strategic-level cadres gradually grasp contents and methodologies to prepare and conduct operations at the operational level of war and apply these contents and methodologies to practice in a creative, effective manner, successfully completing their assigned tasks.

Developments in military art in the 1950 Border Campaign

Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 13:27 (GMT+7)
Victory of the Campaign affirmed the sound, sensibly leadership of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, and development of our military. It was the first time we had mobilised most of our regular force in a campaign. Victory of the Border Campaign also marked a significant breakthrough in military art in terms of strategic direction, operational art and tactics.

Selecting the battleground for the beginning of 1975 Spring Offensive

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 09:14 (GMT+7)
Determining the axis of advance for the initial phase of a strategic offensive is a critical issue in the art of strategic control and command. As I.V. Stalin said “victory is often decided by choosing correct area to strike”. In fact, our High Command’s decision to choose Central Highlands as the opening area of operation for the 1975 Spring Offensive is a perfect example

Coordination of Vietnamese-Lao Coalition during Plain of Jars - Xiengkhouang Defensive Campaign 1972

Thursday, July 27, 2017, 17:41 (GMT+7)
In the battlefield of Laos 1972, Lao and Vietnamese troops together launched significant campaigns and gained remarkable victories. In this regard, combat coordination of the Vietnamese-Lao Coalition forces during the Plain of Jars - Xiengkhouang Defensive Campaign serves as a special art