Wave of coups in Africa - causes and consequences
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:11 (GMT+7)
The two overthrows in Niger and Gabon also continued a dangerous wave of coups in Africa with many serious consequences. First of all, mutinies have weakened democratic institutions on the continent. Many civilian governments, including many elected leaders, have been overthrown by military forces, leading to political and social unrest. Coups also erode people's trust in institutions leading to increased conflict and violence, especially between groups supporting and opposing the interim government. This further complicates the already weak security situation and deepens divisions in the society.
Some issues on unconventional warfare nowadays
Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 17:59 (GMT+7)
Unconventional warfare is a form of warfare that has been conducted by the US and Western countries against certain nations that oppose or are hostile to them, especially the socialist ones. Therefore, understanding its nature and ways of conducting operation to develop effective preventive and countermeasures is an important issue.
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.
Criticizing the argument that “Vietnam’s persistence in the national independence and socialism goal is a mistake”
Friday, August 09, 2019, 15:06 (GMT+7)
One of the arguments in the “peaceful evolution” strategy by the hostile forces against our Party and State is that “Vietnam’s persistence in the national independence and socialism is a mistake”. However, reality has entirely denied this hostile argument and proved the appropriateness of the national development path selected by our Party and people
Issues on unconventional warfare
Friday, October 30, 2015, 15:09 (GMT+7)
Unconventional warfare is a new form of warfare that has been used by the U.S. and the West to topple governments of a number of countries not following their “orbit”
The role of armed struggle in the August Revolution
Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 14:51 (GMT+7)
The 8th Plenum of the Party Central Committee in May 1941 stated that: Revolution movement in Indochina must be ended by an armed struggle.This was a new development in the Party’s thinking of armed forces and armed struggle, setting ground for the whole people to carry out the General Uprising to seize power
Forever Worthy of Being a Heroic Military of a Heroic Nation
Monday, December 08, 2014, 10:34 (GMT+7)
In commemoration of the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22nd, 1944 - December 22nd, 2014), the 25th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festive Day, it is an honour for the National Defence Journal to present the important article, which is granted to the Journal only, by Comrade Truong Tan Sang, member of the Politburo, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Objective fact denying an unhistorical view on the success of the August Revolution.
Monday, September 15, 2014, 10:17 (GMT+7)
Success of the August Revolution is the inevitability of a long and arduous struggle of our Party and people. However, there have been people holding ideas that “The August Revolution is an act of seizing power when the authority was almost empty”. Their arguments are inept and show their unhistorical view.