Shifts in India’s military strategic vision

Friday, November 15, 2024, 07:52 (GMT+7)
The increasing frequency of joint military drills, high-level exchanges, and bilateral defence agreements is reshaping India’s status as a rising power in the Eastern Hemisphere. This aligns with the Modi government’s overarching goal of positioning India as a formidable global player in the years to come.

Applying the principle of “Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” in national defence, security, and the protection of the Fatherland

Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:44 (GMT+7)
“Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” is a core philosophy of President Ho Chi Minh, which has become a guiding principle for the Party in its struggle for national liberation and unification. Today, in the context of a rapidly evolving and unpredictable global and regional landscape, this principle holds even greater significance and must be thoroughly understood and effectively applied in the realms of national defence, security, and the safeguarding of the Fatherland.

Party’s new thinking in the Resolution of the 8th Plenum of the Party Central Committee (13th Tenure) on the Strategy for Fatherland Protection in the New Situation

Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 00:06 (GMT+7)
The principal idea of the Strategy’s perspectives is the affirmation of the Party’s leadership role and the State’s management with an emphasis on the principle of relying on the people, and “taking the people as the root”, the core and the subject. In particular, the Strategy highlights the spirit of patriotism and promotes the strength of the bloc of great national unity, the self-reliance, and resilience of the Vietnamese people, especially the young generation and the building of a firm “people’s hearts and minds posture”

Dien Bien Phu Victory and the lessons for the cause of building a strong national defence

Friday, May 10, 2024, 09:30 (GMT+7)
Nowadays, to enhance the robust development of national defence capabilities and establish a solid foundation for the comprehensive, whole people, independent, self-reliant, and modern national defence, we must build and leverage the comprehensive strength of the country across all military, political, ideological, economic, cultural, social, security, diplomatic, science and technology domains, combining the national strength with power of the era.

Dien Bien Phu Victory – Lessons on promoting the spirit of determination to fight, determination to win

Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 09:51 (GMT+7)
70 years ago, under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, our military and people won the victory of Dien Bien Phu that “resounded across the five continents, shook the globe”, successfully ending the resistance war against the French, stimulating the rise of colonies for national liberation, marking the complete collapse of colonialism on a global scale. That great victory has profound theoretical and practical values with a lot of lessons for the country’s renovation, integration, development, construction, and protection cause

The US - Japan - Korea alliance and its ambition to change the balance of forces in the region

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 19:35 (GMT+7)
According to researchers, if Japan and South Korea join the AUKUS, the add-on military power brought about by the two countries will make the alliance a new force capable of deterring many fields and may change the game in the Indo-Pacific region.

“Three-not” principle in protecting the Fatherland under the 8th Central Party Congress Resolution (the 13th Tenure)

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 08:04 (GMT+7)
With a correct foreign policy and the high determination and effort of the entire Party, people, and army, we believe that we will effectively implement the Party’s “three-not” principle, not letting the country fall into the mentioned disadvantageous situations. It also serves as the basis to ensure the successful implementation of the Fatherland Protection Strategy in the new situation.

Key tasks of international integration and defence diplomacy in 2024

Friday, March 08, 2024, 19:54 (GMT+7)
On grasping diplomatic guidelines and policies of the Party and State, international integration and defence diplomacy were carried out synchronously, actively, and proactively; recorded comprehensive achievements both bilaterally and multilaterally; continued to be one of the vital pillars of Party, State, and people-to-people diplomacy; and contributed to defence of the Fatherland from afar.

Thorough grasping the Resolution of the Central Military Commission, the entire military seeks to complete military and defence tasks in 2024 successfully

Monday, February 05, 2024, 15:00 (GMT+7)
The year 2024 is key to accomplishment of the goals and missions set forth in the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress and the Resolution of the 11th Military Party Congress. The entire military manages to basically complete adjustment of force organisation in an adept, compact, strong direction, which helps to generate new strength and successfully implement all assigned tasks with higher outcomes as compared to the year 2023.

Refuting the distorted argument: “The Army’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations is inappropriate”

Thursday, December 28, 2023, 14:37 (GMT+7)
Practice has shown that since its official participation in UN peacekeeping operations, the VPA has made significant and effective contributions in various fields. One of the most important contributions of the VPA is the active participation in reconstruction, peace maintenance, and humanitarian support missions. The contributions of Vietnam’s “blue beret” soldiers have been recognised and highly appreciated by the UN, serving as an “exemplary model” for other countries. This fact refutes all baseless and unscientific arguments made by hostile forces aimed at undermining the credibility of the VPA and distorting the foreign defence policy of our Party and State.