Tank and Armoured Brigade 409 focuses on raising its synergy and combat power
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 14:01 (GMT+7)
The Brigade has comprehensively renewed training and exercises according to Resolution 19-NQ/ĐU, dated 16 March 2023, by the Military Region Party Committee, on “raising the quality of training in the period of 2023 - 2030 and beyond”. To achieve the established targets and goals, the Brigade has focused on synchronous, specialised training courses relevant to combat reality and the particularities of its operational areas
Striving to achieve the goal of building an “adept, compact, strong” Army
Monday, January 13, 2025, 13:36 (GMT+7)
The building of an “adept, compact, strong” Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is an objective requirement, one of the goals set by the Resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress, laying a solid prerequisite for building a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern VPA from 2030, meeting the task of Fatherland protection in the new situation. That necessitates party committees and commands of offices and units across the entire Military focusing their leadership and direction on fulfilling this strategic goal
10 Major Global Military and Defence Events of 2024
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:06 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global landscape witnessed unprecedented complexity and unpredictability, marked by intensifying strategic competition among major powers and escalating military conflicts across various regions. These developments further destabilised an already volatile global security environment. To provide a comprehensive overview of the global security landscape, the National Defence Journal presents a roundup of the 10 most significant military and defence events
Military Region 4 continues to make significant breakthroughs in administrative reforms and digital transformation
Monday, December 30, 2024, 16:05 (GMT+7)
The Party Committee and Command of Military Region 4 have consistently put a high priority on leadership and direction to enhance the quality and effectiveness of administrative reforms and digital transformation. It is considered as core priorities and catalytic breakthroughs aimed at bolstering the efficiency and effectiveness of management, command, and operational coordination across agencies and units, enhancing synergy and combat capability
Engineer Brigade 229 proactively overcomes difficulties to raise the quality of combat training
Friday, November 08, 2024, 10:48 (GMT+7)
It should be noted that the Brigade has many target groups for training; its training courses are organised flexibly in various forms; while taking part in training courses, its troops have to perform their tasks of defence construction and bomb and mine clearance, mainly in the remote, isolated, extremely difficult areas with complex terrain, geology, and weather conditions and high safety risks
Several issues on fighting enemy’s seaborne landings in a war for Fatherland protection
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 10:21 (GMT+7)
In the history of our nation’s struggle against foreign aggressions, apart from the Northern invaders who rarely used the sea route, most other forces launched their first invasions against our country from the sea. In case of a war to defend the Fatherland in the future, it is highly likely that the sea will remain the main direction of the enemy’s assault. Therefore, studying how to counter enemy’s seaborne landings, both in theory and in practice, is crucial for such a maritime nation as Vietnam
Plain of Jars - Xiangkhouang Defensive Operation in 1972: a unique art in force utilisation
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 09:43 (GMT+7)
Force organisation and utilisation are crucial elements in generating combat power and achieving victory in each engagement and operation, and the entire conflict. In terms of the 1972 Plain of Jars - Xiangkhouang Defensive Operation, force organisation and utilisation became a form of distinctive art, contributing to the complete defeat of the enemy’s large-scale strategic offensive and creating a new scenario in our resistance war against US imperialists for national salvation
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
US - Japan - Philippines trilateral cooperation and its regional and global impacts
Sunday, September 29, 2024, 20:51 (GMT+7)
Amidst the growing complexity of geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region, countries have been promoting cooperation to deal with increasing security threats, with the US - Japan - Philippines trilateral cooperation as a case in point. The context and future of this cooperation mechanism, and its impacts on the region and the world are a matter of international concern
On 2024 NATO Summit
Friday, September 27, 2024, 08:19 (GMT+7)
The 2024 NATO Summit, held in Washington on 9-11 July 2024, reached consensus on many things to guide the development of this military alliance. In the context of fundamental changes in international political and military affairs, the agenda of the Summit has drawn great attention from researchers and international community.