Applying and creatively developing Ho Chi Minh’s ideology on great national unity in the building of strong all-people national defence in the new period

Friday, June 14, 2024, 13:28 (GMT+7)
In fact, great national unity according to Ho Chi Minh’s ideology means all-people unity based on an alliance between the working class, peasantry, and intelligentsia under the CPV’s leadership. It is the ideology on building up, promoting, and transforming the strength of domestic and foreign revolutionary forces, social forces, and political organisations into the strength of the entire nation

On bringing into full play the role of Viet Bac’s armed forces in building “people’s hearts and minds posture” in the new era

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 07:29 (GMT+7)
Viet Bac occupies a strategically important position in terms of politics, economics, society, national defence, security, and diplomacy, serveing as a “cornerstone of national fence” for the Northern region and the whole country. Fully aware of this, over the years, the Party Committee and Command of Military Region 1 (MR1) have implemented various synchronised policies and leadership solutions to strengthen the “people’s hearts and minds posture”, the all-people national defence, and the people’s security

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

Turning point in the Nagorno - Karabakh conflict and its impact on the region

Sunday, November 26, 2023, 21:01 (GMT+7)
The military campaign conducted by Azerbaijan in Nagorno - Karabakh received many different shades of public opinions. Some countries believe that the victory of the Azerbaijani Army over the Armenian separatist forces is of significant, opening up hope for ending the three-decade long Nagorno - Karabakh conflict, thereby completely resolving one of the “flashpoints” in the South Caucasus region. However, some countries expressed deep concern, because this military operation could provoke a crisis in Nagorno - Karabakh.

Rejecting the argument that “in essence, Ho Chi Minh’s ideology is nationalism”

Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 07:04 (GMT+7)
Throughout his revolutionary career, Ho Chi Minh consistently stood with the working class, and creatively applied and developed Marxist-Leninist principles in the reality of the revolution in Vietnam. His ideology is “an in-depth and comprehensive system of viewpoints on fundamental issues of the Vietnamese revolution; it is the result of the creative application and development of Marxism-Leninism in the specific condition of our country, it inherited and advanced the nation’s traditional values, and also absorbed the essence of human culture. It is an invaluable intellectual asset of our Party and People, forever guiding our people’s revolutionary cause to the ultimate victory, and completely distinct from the distorted allegations of nationalist ideology made by the hostile forces.

Further reform and enhance effectiveness of political education to meet requirements of building the military in the new situation

Friday, August 11, 2023, 08:25 (GMT+7)
In the face of requirements and missions of safeguarding the Fatherland and building the People’s Army in the new situations, departments and units need to focus leadership of implementing solutions to reform and enhanced quality and effectiveness of political education, which contributes to the building of a politically strong military with increased overall power, combat strength, and capability to fulfil the mission of protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland in any situations.   

Bringing into play values of “Outline on Vietnamese Culture” in building national protection culture nowadays

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 19:31 (GMT+7)
In the revolutionary atmosphere, amidst the complex situational developments, our Party and General Secretary Truong Chinh realised the role and influence of culture, and gave breakthrough orientations to our revolution via culture. In February 1943, comrade Truong Chinh was responsible for drafting the “Outline on Vietnamese Culture”, discussed and approved by the Party Central Standing Board’s Plenum (25th February – 28th February 1943). The historic document served as a Platform of the Party on culture. That was the culture in the period of national liberation, laying a foundation for the upcoming democratic and revolutionary culture, acting as the lodestar for the future socialist culture.

Defence work at Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group

Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 07:45 (GMT+7)
Since our country's coal and mineral are frequently found in areas with significance for our national defence and security, the Group attaches special importance to successfully harmonise the goals and requirements for the development of the industry in the direction of modernity with the assurance of national defence and security.

Afghanistan with the risk of a civil war

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:43 (GMT+7)
International community holds that, with current leadership and management capacity, the Taliban have seemingly not yet learnt many lessons from its first ruling period nearly three decades ago while the situation in Afghanistan today is very different from that time. There are many players that are challenging the rule of the Taliban and if the government formed by this armed group cannot synchronously solve the existing problems, from improving the economy, tackling international isolation to implementing a more open social policy, a civil war in this unstable country is inevitable.

The risk of conflict resurgence in Kosovo

Friday, October 14, 2022, 07:38 (GMT+7)
Disagreements between the two sides still smoulder and can flare up at any time because of the worsened ethnic conflicts between Albanians and Serbs caused by NATO’s intervention. Besides, Belgrade has never given up its intention to bring Kosovo back to Serbia. This stance of Serbia is strongly supported by Russia - a country with many historical ties with Serbia in particular and the Balkan peninsula in general.