Great power competition in Indo-Pacific

Friday, August 16, 2024, 07:58 (GMT+7)
Overall assessment of great powers’ Indo-Pacific strategies reveals that despite their different expression, all great powers put the Indo-Pacific at the heart of global security and interests of each country. Accordingly, strategic competition among great powers in Indo-Pacific is a unique issue characterised by cooperation, deterrence, and containment.

Dien Bien Provincial Border Guard promotes its core role in building robust all-people border defence

Thursday, August 15, 2024, 09:13 (GMT+7)
Building strong all-people border defence represents a consistent line of our Party and State and plays a decisive role in the cause of building, managing, and firmly protecting national border sovereignty. As the core force in this regard, the Provincial Border Guard (PBG) of Dien Bien has always attached importance to building robust all-people border defence as the basis for firmly protecting the Fatherland’s North West frontier area

Upholding the tradition of winning the first battles to build an “elite, compact, strong” Naval Service

Thursday, August 08, 2024, 07:49 (GMT+7)
On 2 and 5 August 1964, the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) cooperated with other forces in courageously fighting to win victory in the first battles. It is forever a source of pride and encouragement for generations of Naval cadres and soldiers to overcome all hardships, successfully fulfil all assigned tasks, and build an “elite, compact, strong”, modern Service worthy of its core role in firmly protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands

Vietnam Coast Guard improves the effectiveness of situational research and assessment to meet the requirements of law enforcement at sea

Friday, July 12, 2024, 11:01 (GMT+7)
Party Committee and Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) have concentrated their leadership and direction on raising the effectiveness of situational research and assessment as the basis for proposing strategies to successfully handle defence and security situations, maintain security and safety at sea, and firmly protect national sovereignty over seas and islands

Tay Ninh provincial border guard better manages and protects national sovereignty and border security

Sunday, May 12, 2024, 20:35 (GMT+7)
The Provincial Border Guard (PBG) of Tay Ninh is assigned to manage and protect a 240-km-long border section of Viet Nam with the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, and Tbong Khmum provinces. In Tay Ninh province’s border area, there are 20 communes under 5 districts, 3 international border gates (Moc Bai, Tan Nam, Xa Mat), 3 main border gates (Phuoc Tan, Chang Riec, Ka Tum), 10 secondary border gates, and many trails across the border

Coast Guard Region 1 improves effectiveness in preventing and combating IUU fishing

Monday, February 26, 2024, 15:02 (GMT+7)
Firmly grasping its functions, tasks, the characteristics of the area and the situation of maritime security, especially IUU fishing activities, recently the CGR1’s Party Committee and Command have led and directed its agencies and units to synchronously implement solutions to improve the efficiency of task performance, in which, preventing and combating IUU fishing is one of the key tasks.

Border Guard Force’s commitment to safeguard territorial sovereignty and national border security

Sunday, December 24, 2023, 21:37 (GMT+7)
In the coming period, the situation along land and maritime borders, as well as in some strategically important areas, harbours complex factors, hostile forces persist in intensifying subversion efforts and sowing discord in the good traditional neighbourly relations between bordering regions. The security situation in rural areas with issues related to ethnic groups, religion, non-traditional security, criminal activities, legal violations, especially drug trafficking, smuggling, illegal immigration, is becoming increasingly complex, posing numerous difficulties and challenges for the management and protection of territorial sovereignty and national border security. This demands that the Border Guard officers and soldiers continue to foster unity, innovation, and determination in effectively implementing key measures and solutions.

The Navy promotes pivotal role in the establishment of the all-people national maritime defence

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 17:40 (GMT+7)
Establishing a robust all-people national maritime defence is a major policy of the Party, laying the foundation for managing and firmly protecting national maritime sovereignty. It is the responsibility of the whole Party, people, and the Army. Being fully aware of this honourable and significant responsibility, the Navy will continue to uphold its pivotal role, resolutely committed to excellently fulfilling this strategic task, meeting the requirements and tasks of national defence in the new situation.

An Giang Border Guard enhances its core role in building the all-people border defence posture

Friday, September 29, 2023, 16:13 (GMT+7)
As the core force, specialised in monitoring and protecting national sovereignty and border security, the Party Committee and the Command of An Giang Border Guard provide counsel to the Provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, and People’s Committee to strengthen leadership and direction in building the all-people border defence posture, closely linked to the people’s national defence and people’s security posture, creating a solid and strong position to protect national sovereignty and border security.

Tightened ties between the US and the Philippines

Monday, August 28, 2023, 14:43 (GMT+7)
After the Cold War, the number of US bases in the Western Pacific diminished, resulting in a reduction of US forces’ presence. This decline led to doubts among allies regarding Washington’s commitment to its partnerships. Therefore, the effort to upgrade relations with the Philippines signifies that the US is elevating its commitments to the region to a new level and intends to continue asserting its leadership position as a superpower. However, international public opinion also posits that this move could potentially escalate tensions in an already tense region, impacting both regional and global security.