The art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements” during Central – Lower Laos Campaign 1954

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:56 (GMT+7)
In coordination with other theatres during the Winter – Spring Strategic Offensive of 1953 – 1954, we launched a surprise campaign in Central – Lower Laos, inflicting major losses to the enemy, forcing them to disperse their mobile reserve forces in multiple directions. This is a small-scale campaign conducted in a strategic area, far from our logistics bases; however, with the employment of the art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements”, we were able to achieve very high combat efficiency, contributing to the ultimate victory of our Resistance War against French Colonialism

The art of posture establishment and transformation in the Lai Chau Liberation Operation of 1953

Saturday, December 16, 2023, 19:57 (GMT+7)
Victory of the Lai Chau Liberation Operation of 1953 served to create favourable conditions and opportunities for us to carry out the Winter-Spring Strategic Operational Plan of 1953-1954. Lessons on military art drawn from the operation remain valuable and need further studies and creative application and development in the war to safeguard the Fatherland.

Water Commando Brigade 5 enhances the quality of combat training

Sunday, November 19, 2023, 09:50 (GMT+7)
To satisfy the increasingly demanding task requirements, the Brigade has promoted the cohesive organisation of training for cadres and detachments with higher intensity, flexibility, and agility. The contents of intensive specialised training have been supplemented. Importance has also been attached to combat training and exercises, parachute training so that soldiers can achieve proficiency in the use of weapons and equipment, martial arts, and close combat. This also includes camouflage, guerrilla tactics, and continuously enhancing the overall quality and combat capabilities to meet the task requirements in the current situation.

The art of transforming combat posture in the Viet Bac Autumn-Winter 1947 Operation

Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 08:57 (GMT+7)
The success of the Counter-Offensive Operation in Viet Bac Autumn-Winter 1947 affirmed remarkable advancements in our technical and tactical skills and the ability to coordinate multiple forces in action to destroy the enemy. It left behind valuable lessons in the operational art, in which the art of transforming combat posture was one of the most significant features.

The art of transforming the battlefield in the 9th Route - Southern Laos Counteroffensive Campaign in 1971

Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 08:52 (GMT+7)
The valuable lessons and experiences in the art of battlefield transformation that we learned from the Route 9 - Southern Laos counteroffensive campaign have become an integral part of Vietnam’s military art. It stands as one of the exemplary campaigns that need to be further studied and creatively applied in the cause of defending the Motherland today.

Air Force Officers College improves the quality of education and training to meet the requirements and tasks

Friday, August 19, 2022, 15:47 (GMT+7)
As one of the leading educational institutions in the Army in general and in the Air Defence – Air Force Service in particular, over the past 60 years, the Air Force Officers College has always upheld the spirit of self-reliance, proactively overcome difficulties, thus fulfilling well the task of education and training, especially the training of military pilots.

The art of creating and seizing opportunities during Hue – Da Nang Campaign of 1975

Monday, February 21, 2022, 09:09 (GMT+7)
Our Hue – Da Nang offensive campaign defeated the strategy of contraction by the Saigon puppet regime’s army (hereafter the Saigon army for short) and revolutionised the war in our favour during the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising. Victory of the campaign proved our Party Central Committee (PCC) and General Command’s flexible, ingenious direction and operation at campaign level, with the art of creating and seizing opportunities as a feature

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

The art of fighting rescue enemy troops during the Dak To Campaign of 1967

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 09:17 (GMT+7)
In order to defeat the enemy’s “search and destroy” operation and especially drag the U.S. expeditionary force up to the battlefield of Central Highlands as the basis for our offensive in the Spring of 1968, the Central Highlands Front Command decided to launch the Dak To Campaign. The victory of this operation marked an outstanding development in our warfare against rescue enemy troops

On the establishment of counter-offensive posture during the 9th Route - Southern Laos Campaign

Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:27 (GMT+7)
The 9th Route - Southern Laos Campaign in 1971 was a large-scale counter-offensive operation by our Military and people in the resistance war against the U.S., for national salvation, defeating the Operation Lam Son 719 in particular and the “Vietnamisation War” Strategy by the U.S. and Saigon army in general, providing us with many valuable lessons, especially on the posture establishment