Party’s new thinking on strengthening the relationship between national defence and security and foreign affairs in the Strategy for Homeland Protection

Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 08:48 (GMT+7)
As an essential and consistent mission of the Party, people, Army, and political system in their entirety, national defence and security and foreign affairs are fundamental matters of high significance to the fate of our nation and people. Therefore, strengthening the relationship between these aspects in the Strategy for Homeland Protection is a matter of high importance, reflecting the Party’s strategic thinking and vision. This issue needs to be thoroughly grasped for the sake of practical effectiveness

Building a strong Department of Foreign Relations to meet the requirements of international integration and defence diplomacy

Sunday, May 26, 2024, 21:18 (GMT+7)
As the leading competent office in charge of giving advice to the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the Ministry of National Defence (MND) on this important task, the Department of Foreign Relations has been adopting measures synchronously to make itself comprehensively strong and capable of satisfying its task requirements

Dien Bien Phu Victory – Lessons on promoting the spirit of determination to fight, determination to win

Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 09:51 (GMT+7)
70 years ago, under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, our military and people won the victory of Dien Bien Phu that “resounded across the five continents, shook the globe”, successfully ending the resistance war against the French, stimulating the rise of colonies for national liberation, marking the complete collapse of colonialism on a global scale. That great victory has profound theoretical and practical values with a lot of lessons for the country’s renovation, integration, development, construction, and protection cause

Direction of building defence capability in the Strategy to Safeguard the Fatherland

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 19:38 (GMT+7)
To turn defence capability into a fundamental, core element and national defence strength requires a close linkage among the above-mentioned capabilities within a unitary whole. Additionally, many effective, creative, synchronous solutions must be adopted, contributing to building of a strong all-people national defence and firm protection of the Fatherland in the new situation.

On the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in recent military conflicts

Thursday, February 29, 2024, 07:17 (GMT+7)
UAVs have proven their lethality and transformed combat in modern conflicts. The new attack tactics using UAVs have demonstrated their effectiveness through conflicts in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The proliferation of UAV technology has also raised concerns about the potential for an arms race, as more and more countries develop and deploy advanced UAVs. This could lead to increased tension and the risk of conflict.

Improving the capacity to respond to non-traditional security challenges in line with the Party’s viewpoint of Fatherland protection

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:40 (GMT+7)
Non-traditional security challenges have, actually, been happening at different degrees and scales and greatly affected all aspects of social life, including defence and security sectors in the theatres of air, land, sea, cyberspace,... When those impacts cannot be controlled or handled ineffectively, they will cause defence risks. The risks caused by non-traditional security threats directly or indirectly will reduce defence potential and strength, destabilise the country's political security and may lead to conflicts and wars. Therefore, preventing, responding to, and repelling non-traditional security challenges has become an important task in the cause of Fatherland protection today.

Fundamental aspects of the Resolution of the 8th Central Committee Plenum (13th Tenure) on the Strategy for Fatherland protection in the new situation

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 15:00 (GMT+7)
Based on a comprehensive evaluation of the achieved results and a realistic forecast, the Strategy has clearly defined visions, objectives, guiding principles, tasks, and solutions for Fatherland defence in the coming period. Additionally, it emphasises the need for a more thorough understanding and supplementary development, taking into account the global, regional, and domestic situations.

Party’s line of people’s war is undistortable

Thursday, October 26, 2023, 15:36 (GMT+7)
To safeguard the Fatherland by the art of people’s war in the new condition, fight the enemy by devices, and triumph over the enemy by establishment of posture and exploitation of opportunities are our people’s best ways to defend the country. No forces can defeat a true people’s war. To conduct a true people’s war in the context of enemies’ use of high-tech weapons, it is necessary to work out solutions aimed to prevent and minimise the risk of conflict and war while preparing in every aspect to successfully execute people’s war to safeguard the Fatherland.

The world through the new Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 07:34 (GMT+7)
According to international analysists, the new Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation aims not only to build a powerful, friendly, responsible country of the international community, but also to strive for a new multipolar, multicentre world order based on the UN Charter – a world where nations regardless of their size, strength, and level of development are mutually respected.

Enhancing combat power of the military in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Monday, February 27, 2023, 07:33 (GMT+7)
“Building an adept, compact, strong People’s Army to meet requirements of national construction and defence in the new situation” needs to base on concrete condition of situations in the country and the world to address emerging issues in a timely and effective manner. The matters of principle and consistency are to pay constant attention to leverage of the human factor; raise the spirits of independence, self-reliance, and creativeness in order to ceaselessly improve the quality of the VPA’s weapons and technical equipment; work out the best ways to combine humans and weapons aimed to generate the VPA’s comprehensive power.