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
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
Promoting the core role of the Navy in the protection of the country’s seas and islands
Friday, September 27, 2024, 08:22 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping the resolutions and directives of the Party and State on sea and island strategy, in recent years, all levels, sectors, localities and the Navy have regularly cared and led the synchronous implementation of solutions to protect sea and island sovereignty and gained significant results.
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.
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
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.
Continued enhancement of the military’s overall quality and combat power
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 15:07 (GMT+7)
In the coming time, the world and region are likely to witness rapid, complex, and unforeseeable developments. Strategic competition among major powers, local conflicts, sovereign and territorial disputes in certain regions, development and application of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and nontraditional security challenges have been exerting impacts on the cause of safeguarding the Fatherland of our people. The situation requires the entire military to further promote solidarity and unity, bring into play proactiveness and creativeness, and work out many measures to increase comprehensive quality and combat power in order to meet requirement of defending the Fatherland in the new circumstance.
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.
Brigade 242 improves its combat power to firmly protect national sovereignty over seas and islands
Friday, April 14, 2023, 10:09 (GMT+7)
Thanks to its political resolve and scientific, synchronous measures, the Brigade has kept raising the quality of training and combat readiness, all-level tactical exercises have always been highly rated, its yearly command – office exercises have always been highly appreciated by the Military Region, and it has always been a leading unit in contests held by the Military Region.