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
Geopolitical upheaval in Syria and its impacts on regional and global security
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:09 (GMT+7)
On 27 November 2024, the Syrian opposition - led primarily by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - launched a large-scale surprise offensive on areas under the control of the Syrian government. After more than ten days of fighting, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s leader, Muhammad al-Julani, declared the downfall of President Assad’s government
A review of the global political and military landscape in 2024
Sunday, December 29, 2024, 14:44 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global political and military landscape underwent significant changes due to the impacts of various hot spots, conflicts, and strategic competition among major powers, particularly the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the escalating war in the Middle East, tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and increasing signs of US-China rivalry
Achievements of the “Northeast worker Soldiers” on the labour and production front
Thursday, December 26, 2024, 09:34 (GMT+7)
Learning from the lessons drawn on its development path, the Corporation always attaches importance to strengthening the leadership and direction of Party committees at all levels for all activities and promoting political and ideological education to foster a unity in awareness and responsibility, solidarity, and consensus among its cadres and employees, especially in difficult times and at turning points.
Vietnamese war veterans promote the virtues of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers”, actively taking part in Fatherland construction and protection
Sunday, December 08, 2024, 21:19 (GMT+7)
During the 80-year journey of history of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), generations of Vietnamese war veterans have directly devoted their efforts to building up the VPA’s heroic tradition and the noble title of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” - our Military’s core value and shining symbol. That noble title continues to be an incentive for each war veteran to keep making contributions to constructing and protecting the Socialist Fatherland
Shifts in India’s military strategic vision
Friday, November 15, 2024, 07:52 (GMT+7)
The increasing frequency of joint military drills, high-level exchanges, and bilateral defence agreements is reshaping India’s status as a rising power in the Eastern Hemisphere. This aligns with the Modi government’s overarching goal of positioning India as a formidable global player in the years to come.
On 2024 NATO Summit
Friday, September 27, 2024, 08:19 (GMT+7)
The 2024 NATO Summit, held in Washington on 9-11 July 2024, reached consensus on many things to guide the development of this military alliance. In the context of fundamental changes in international political and military affairs, the agenda of the Summit has drawn great attention from researchers and international community.
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
Great power competition in Indo-Pacific
Friday, August 16, 2024, 07:58 (GMT+7)
Overall assessment of great powers’ Indo-Pacific strategies reveals that despite their different expression, all great powers put the Indo-Pacific at the heart of global security and interests of each country. Accordingly, strategic competition among great powers in Indo-Pacific is a unique issue characterised by cooperation, deterrence, and containment.
General Secretary, Secretary of the Central Military Commission Nguyen Phu Trong - The architect of our country's fortune
Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 11:56 (GMT+7)
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, a great intellectual, a great talent of the Vietnamese revolution, an ideologist, a culturist, a theoretical flag bearer of the Party, an excellent student who constantly studied and followed the ideology, morality and style of the great President Ho Chi Minh, devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause of the Party and our nation, to the country and the people.