Worthy of being the leading agency of the Army in advising and directing militia and self-defence work
Thursday, March 27, 2025, 08:41 (GMT+7)
In response to the requirements of strengthening national defence, security, and safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation, the Militia and Self-Defence Department has been synchronously implementing solutions to effectively perform its function of advising and directing the strategy of militia and self-defence work.
The art of shaping and transforming order of battle in the 1964 - 1965 Binh Gia Offensive Campaign
Sunday, December 08, 2024, 21:13 (GMT+7)
Binh Gia Offensive Campaign achieved a resounding victory and created new strategic advantages for the revolutionary forces during the early years of the resistance against the American imperialism. This campaign left behind many valuable lessons in the art of operational warfare, espeacially the shaping and transformation of order of battle.
General Le Trong Tan’s remarkable contributions to Vietnam’s military art
Friday, October 04, 2024, 16:10 (GMT+7)
Holding various commanding positions from tactical and operational to strategic levels, commanding almost all campaigns and decisive strategic operations in the two resistance wars against the US and the French as well as in the war to defend the Southwestern border, he made significant contributions to the development of Vietnam’s unique, creative military art and our nation’s victory against the most powerful imperialists of the 20th century
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
The Party’s leadership in creating and seizing opportunities to secure victory in the August Revolution of 1945
Monday, August 19, 2024, 13:44 (GMT+7)
The swift, complete victory of the August Revolution of 1945 clearly proves the spirit and leadership talent for leading armed uprising of our Party and Ho Chi Minh. This is an invaluable experience that deserves further research and creative application to the cause of building and safeguarding the Fatherland today.
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.
French generals’ admission of defeat in Dien Bien Phu
Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 07:08 (GMT+7)
The battle of 1954 Dien Bien Phu took place 70 years ago, about which there have been a lot of books and articles by foreign generals, politicians, scholars and journalists. People around the world continue to wonder why Vietnam, a small, poor, low-tech country which had just successfully carried out the August Revolution with its nascent army, was able to defeat French colonialists. In order to answer this question, the article will briefly relate admissions by French generals who joined the war in Indochina in general, the battle of Dien Bien Phu in particular
Ho Chi Minh’s thought on building the Army with “politics being taken as the roots” – significance and practical values
Thursday, December 28, 2023, 14:45 (GMT+7)
Ho Chi Minh’s thought on building the Army with “politics being taken as the roots” laid a scientific and revolutionary theoretical foundation for building our VPA at its very onset. Focusing on building the Army in terms of politics is the fundamental, consistent issue in Ho Chi Minh’s military ideology and doctrine. The robust development of the force organisation and military operations of an army ready for combat in close association with an army ready for work and for production proves Ho Chi Minh’s discernment of the crucial importance of politics to the vitality and strength of a revolutionary army.
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.
Applying the military art of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign to the work of training and maintaining combat readiness of regular army corps today
Monday, September 18, 2023, 13:47 (GMT+7)
The victory of the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign left behind numerous valuable lessons and experiences for today’s generations of officers and soldiers, and they need to be continuously studied, applied, and developed in the new conditions of modern warfare.