The August Revolution - A defining truth shining through dark rhetoric

Monday, August 19, 2024, 13:47 (GMT+7)
The success of the August Revolution in 1945 was a monumental turning point, leading our country to become independent, free and democratic, and ushering in a new era in the history of the Vietnamese people. The enduring values of the August Revolution remain a shining truth that continues to illuminate and inspire us. This truth not only guides us through challenges on the path to building socialism but also dismantles the false narratives propagated by hostile and reactionary forces

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

Saturday, August 17, 2024, 20:36 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s military art in the two resistance wars against the French and Americans is the military art of a people’s war that is very distinctive and unique, based on a combination of traditional and modern elements. It is the military art of a liberation war, gradually developing to reach its peak during the final stage of the resistance war against the Americans for national liberation.

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.

Some issues regarding chemical defence against strategic airborne assaults in the Fatherland protection war

Tuesday, July 09, 2024, 18:36 (GMT+7)
Ensuring chemical defence against strategic airborne assaults in the war of Fatherland protection is a formidable task, fraught with complexities and challenges. Therefore, it requires ongoing thorough research, aligned with modern combat requirements and the development of the people’s war for Homeland defence in the new context.

Evolution of military artistry in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and contemporary issues of training operational and strategic-level cadres

Friday, May 10, 2024, 09:35 (GMT+7)
In the new revolutionary period, military training needs to focus on nurturing and continually improving comprehensive knowledge, with the central focus being on the military knowledge for the contingent of operational and strategic-level cadres. In combat, the challenge for operational and strategic-level cadres is the ability to assess the enemy situation, flexibility, logical thinking, keen judgment,... “thinking up schemes, devising strategies,” to gradually put the enemy into a passive position.

Studying and applying the viewpoint “all-people, comprehensive resistance war” in Fatherland defence

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 14:13 (GMT+7)
The viewpoint “all-people, comprehensive resistance war” is the centrepiece of Ho Chi Minh’s military thought. The correct and creative application of this viewpoint in practice was one of the most fundamental factors that led to the great victories in the two resistance wars against French colonialists and US imperialists. In the event of a war to protect the Fatherland (if war is to occur), this viewpoint still retains its value and needs to be studied and applied effectively to practice

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.

Party’s line of people’s war is undistortable

Thursday, October 26, 2023, 15:36 (GMT+7)
To safeguard the Fatherland by the art of people’s war in the new condition, fight the enemy by devices, and triumph over the enemy by establishment of posture and exploitation of opportunities are our people’s best ways to defend the country. No forces can defeat a true people’s war. To conduct a true people’s war in the context of enemies’ use of high-tech weapons, it is necessary to work out solutions aimed to prevent and minimise the risk of conflict and war while preparing in every aspect to successfully execute people’s war to safeguard the Fatherland.

The art of transforming combat posture in the Viet Bac Autumn-Winter 1947 Operation

Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 08:57 (GMT+7)
The success of the Counter-Offensive Operation in Viet Bac Autumn-Winter 1947 affirmed remarkable advancements in our technical and tactical skills and the ability to coordinate multiple forces in action to destroy the enemy. It left behind valuable lessons in the operational art, in which the art of transforming combat posture was one of the most significant features.

Use of the artillery-missile force to counter enemy strategic airborne landings in strategic defensive operations in the northern theatre of war

Monday, August 28, 2023, 07:27 (GMT+7)
In modern warfare, strategic airborne landings will involve use of forces on a grand scale, including both troops and heavy weapon systems, and employment of special forces as the central elements to conduct airborn operations. The balance of power is likey to favour the enemy due to their superiority in forces and weapons. The enemy can suddenly alter this balance of power in a direction of the theatre of war. Therefore, the use of artillery-missile force must thoroughly grasp the viewpoint of leveraging the overall power of people’s warfare, using the three-element artillery and missile force to strike anywhere at anytime to triumph over the enemy.