Great Spring Victory and aspirations for national rise
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 15:34 (GMT+7)
50 years have elapsed, but the epic of the Great 1975 Spring Victory, with the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign as its pinnacle, forever resounds through the nation and every single Vietnamese citizen. Under the Party’s glorious flag, that epic continues to resonate on the front of production, in the fight against hunger, poverty, and backwardness, in the protection of sacred national sovereignty over borders, seas, and islands
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
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 Party's thoughts on developing defence industry to meet the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new period
Monday, August 26, 2024, 16:36 (GMT+7)
Defence industry is a part of the national industry, playing a particularly pivotal role in direct researching, producing, maintaining, repairing, improving, and modernising weapons, military technical equipment, and products, contributing to enhancing the potential and strength of the military and national defence in building and safeguarding the Fatherland. Therefore, building and developing the national defence industry is always an important, regular task that cannot be taken lightly.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong - A towering figure
Monday, August 12, 2024, 15:56 (GMT+7)
Our country and nation will always hold General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in the highest regard and deepest gratitude as he is truly a remarkable figure. Though he left us, his exemplary image and character will forever remain in the hearts of millions of Vietnamese people, both at home and abroad, as well as with our international friends. In tribute to his memory, and with profound respect and sorrow, we light this incense to bid him a final farewell
Vietnam’s military art and the requirements for its development in the new situation
Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 10:15 (GMT+7)
It must be affirmed that Vietnam’s military art is the one of the Vietnamese people’s war, combining traditional and modern elements. Vietnam’s military art emerged and gradually developed through the thousands of years of the nation’s struggle to build and safeguard the country.
On building a politically elite Viet Nam People’s Army
Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:41 (GMT+7)
Building a military in political aspect is to establish the military’s social relationships, in which the key thing is to foster the nature of the class of the military. As part of a state, militaries of any political establishments must be dependent on political guidelines of the ruling classes and fight and serve political objectives of the ruling power. The ruling political forces find every way to keep militaries under control by means of politics, ideology, organisation, and policies, in which to build militaries in political terms is always essential to any militaries, ensuring that the militaries are always their absolutely faithful forces.
Top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023
Friday, January 12, 2024, 08:37 (GMT+7)
The world continued to witness complex developments in 2023. While the Russia – Ukraine conflict intensified, new flashpoints arose from military coups, conflicts, local wars, and increasingly fierce strategic competition among major powers, making global security outlook further bleak. To illustrate that picture, the National Defence Journal has selected the top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023.
On improving the effectiveness of the fight against “peaceful evolution” in cyberspace
Friday, October 13, 2023, 14:59 (GMT+7)
That users could post and share information in a free, unlimited way on the Internet makes this place a “fertile” land for hostile forces to step up their propaganda campaigns aimed at sabotaging our Party and nation’s revolutionary cause. For this reason, it is necessary to further research and propose measures for improving the effectiveness of the fight against “peaceful evolution” in cyberspace both theoretically and practically.
Northwest Armed Forces stay firmly in strategic areas
Monday, August 14, 2023, 13:33 (GMT+7)
Being well aware of the position, role and importance of the Northwest and the difficulties and challenges faced by ethnic minorities in the Northwest, over the years, the Party, the State, all levels and sectors have paid special attention by strategic undertakings and orientations; specific mechanisms and policies prioritising investment in comprehensive development of the midland and mountainous regions, ethnic minorities in general, and the Northwest provinces in particular.