On the key battle to engage enemy’s operational-level airborne landing troops in military region defence

Monday, July 29, 2024, 16:48 (GMT+7)
During an operational process, the military region can launch various types of campaigns and apply different tactics and waves of operational activities flexibly to repel enemy attacks, including the key battle to counter enemy airborne landing at the operational level of war.

Dien Bien Phu Victory – an epoch-making historic miracle

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 14:42 (GMT+7)
There are historical events that took place like the inevitable; as time goes by we better understand their position and historical significance. The Victory of Dien Bien Phu is such a special event. 70 years have elapsed, and we all realise that Dien Bien Phu Victory is not only a golden epic and a brilliant milestone in the country’s heroic history, but also an epoch-making historic miracle

Coordination between mobile and on-site forces in counteroffensive campaigns in the war to safeguard the Fatherland

Saturday, March 30, 2024, 17:21 (GMT+7)
Coordination between the mobile and on-site forces participating in counteroffensive campaigns in the war to safeguard the Fatherland is carried out under new conditions. Factors concerning the adversaries and our forces have witnessed developments, thus deserving further research and improvement in both theory and practice in order to ceaselessly enhance the effectiveness of operational coordination between the two forces to meet requirement of modern wars.

Distinctive art of applying methods of warfare in Phuoc Binh - Bu Dop Campaign of 1969

Monday, January 22, 2024, 14:21 (GMT+7)
Phuoc Binh – Bu Dop Campaign is a small-scale offensive campaign, but of significant importance. It enables us to conduct subsequent campaigns at a larger scale and force to defeat the US’s strategy of Vietnamisation.  Lessons learnt on military art, especially the art of applying methods of warfare deserve further research and creative use in today’s cause of safeguarding the Fatherland.

The art of fighting the first battle in an offensive operation in the war to safeguard the Fatherland

Monday, July 31, 2023, 13:04 (GMT+7)
As a result of employing modern, lethal, highly accurate weapon systems, mobility, and widespread electronic warfare on all terrain, the enemy can alter the balance of power in a short period of time. Events evolve rapidly and fiercely and are difficult to predict. If we do not have suitable measures, we will not be able to win the first battle. Thus, the campaign commander and operations directorate need to apply operational methods creatively and effectively at the operational level of war, including preparing for and fighting the first battle of an operation.

The art of creating and seizing opportunity in the Central Highlands Campaign 1975

Saturday, April 01, 2023, 19:23 (GMT+7)
Our Central Highlands Victory led to a fundamental shift in the balance of power between our force and the enemy and created a favourable strategic situation for us. The enemy was seriously and strategically weakened, this brought us the opportunity to launch the General Offensive and Uprising Spring 1975 to completely liberate the South. The Central Highlands Campaign left us many valuable lessons in military arts, especially the art of creating and seizing opportunities in combat – this is the issue that needs to be further studied, applied and developed in the cause of national defence today.

The art of fortification striking for reinforcement annihilation in Dong Xoai Campaign

Sunday, July 24, 2022, 10:35 (GMT+7)
Striking at the enemy in order to destroy their reinforcements is one of the most typical features of operational art employed by the Southern regular force, ensuring suitability for each target and battle. This operational method destroyed large part of enemy strength both inside and outside trenches and enabled the Campaign to progress and win decisive victories.

The art of establishing combat posture and developing force to conduct key battles of a medium-size counter-offensive campaign

Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 17:49 (GMT+7)
In the war to safeguard the  Fatherland (if war is to occur), our enemy  would have superiority in reconnaissance, firepower, manoeuvrability, electronic warfare, and cyber warfare, thereby leading to rapid, complex, unpredictable developments in campaigns in general, key battles in particular. Hence, to earn victories in key battles, apart from other elements, campaigns must establish combat posture and develop force  in our favour and put the enemy at a disadvantage.

The art of fighting key battle in Operation Northern Central Highlands 1972

Monday, April 25, 2022, 09:26 (GMT+7)
Operation Northern Central Highlands in 1972, with the victory of Dak To – Tan Canh battle, contributed to changing the situation in the Central Highlands to our advantage. Many distinctive arts of fighting can be learnt from this highly efficient battle, notably the art of fighting key battle

Distinctive features of offensive art in Operation Nguyen Hue in 1972

Saturday, January 22, 2022, 18:49 (GMT+7)
After a long time implementing the strategy of "Vietnamization", especially their "pacification" scheme in the South, the enemy occupied most of the Mekong Delta and Tri - Thien area, pushing our main force to the other side of the border, tightening the grip of oppression of local governments, preventing the development of our local armed forces and militia and guerrillas