BRICS expansion: opportunities and challenges for ASEAN

Monday, March 24, 2025, 13:05 (GMT+7)
Since being founded by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in the early 21st century, BRICS has increasingly strengthened its role as a key driver of global economic growth. The group has garnered attention and aroused desire for membership from the international community, including ASEAN countries

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

European Union's defence industrial strategy and its impacts on the Asia-Pacific region

Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:46 (GMT+7)
According to international analysts, the EU's Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) aims to put the defence industry on a wartime footing by fostering cooperation in investment, research, development, production, procurement, and ownership among EU defence contractors. This marks a shift away from the EU's initial emergency responses to the Russia - Ukraine conflict and signifies a long-term commitment to bolstering the defence industry's readiness

Germany’s National Security Strategy: Pillars and Prospects

Monday, August 21, 2023, 15:30 (GMT+7)
Germany’s new NSS is basically welcomed and appreciated by many nations, especially its allies and partners, because it has shown Germany’s commitments to security, peace, and stability of the “Old Continent,” an area suffering from instability since the end of World War II. Many experts believe that the strategy is a declaration of Germany’s efforts to re-establish its global position.

Why shouldn’t we change the policy of “No military alliance”?

Monday, September 26, 2022, 08:28 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s stance is not to join any military alliance but actively take initiative in deepening comprehensive integration into the global economy, politics, culture, society, defence and security. Vietnam has accelerated international integration and defence diplomacy with the motto of “being active, proactive, flexible, and effective” to maintain a peaceful and stable environment, take full advantage of the support from the international community, cement strategic confidence, maintain a peaceful environment and cooperation for mutual development, and consolidate defence-security posture for the cause of building and safeguarding the Fatherland.

Theoretical and practical breakthroughs in the Fatherland protection under the Resolution of the 8th Plenum of the Party Central Committee (11th tenure)

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 06:50 (GMT+7)
In the new condition, it is necessary to assert that people’s war for the Fatherland protection is still an effective method to deal with new-style and hi-tech wars; modern weapons and equipment are important, but human being  are the determinants. Hence, great weight should be added to making cadres and soldiers of the armed forces politically strong and capable of exploiting and mastering science, technology, and modern materiel.

Indo-Pacific Region in major powers’ strategies

Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 07:50 (GMT+7)
The Indo-Pacific accounts for more than half of the world population, with rich natural resources and sea routes of paramount importance to international trade. This is a region of dynamic development with three top economies of the world, namely the U.S., China, and Japan together with 7 out of 8 fast-growing markets, such as India, China, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This region produces about 60% of global GDP

Is it true that to protect national sovereignty and interests requires joining a military alliance?

Tuesday, March 08, 2022, 07:10 (GMT+7)
“No alliances” is a consistent position and policy of our Party and State. Hostile forces, reactionaries, and political opportunists, however, always exploit all tricks to steer public opinion against this policy, especially in current situation

Misinterpreting Vietnam’s policy of military modernisation – an unacceptable activity

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 09:05 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s policy of military modernisation is objective, in line with the peaceful and self-defensive nature of the country’s national defence and socio-economic conditions; at the same time, it is the foundation for improving the overall quality and combat power of the Army. A cunning trick of hostile forces is to distort this policy, aiming at "de-politicising" the Army and building a "professional army" - it should be resolutely rejected

US-China strategic competition in Latin America

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 08:17 (GMT+7)
In the past two decades, there have been significant changes in major powers’ relations in Latin America. While US gave priority to the global war on terrorism and is being trapped in the Middle East and North Africa, China has gradually expanded its influence in Latin America, challenging US’s dominant position right in its hemisphere