General Le Trong Tan: A talented, decisive militarist of Vietnam People’s Army

Monday, October 07, 2024, 09:04 (GMT+7)
One thing special is that, during the two final decisive battles in the resistant wars against French colonists and American imperialists, he was the commander of the units attacking enemy headquarters to capture General Christian de Castries in 1954 and the entire cabinet of the Saigon regime in 1975, making worthy contributions to liberation and reunification of the country.

Promoting the core role of the Navy in the protection of the country’s seas and islands

Friday, September 27, 2024, 08:22 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping the resolutions and directives of the Party and State on sea and island strategy, in recent years, all levels, sectors, localities and the Navy have regularly cared and led the synchronous implementation of solutions to protect sea and island sovereignty and gained significant results.

Tra Vinh province focuses on building a strong national defence

Thursday, September 26, 2024, 14:37 (GMT+7)
Together with the whole country, the Party Committee, government, armed forces and people of all ethnic groups of Tra Vinh province are implementing this policy in an in-depth manner, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and targets of the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress, meeting the requirements of the task of building and defending the Fatherland in the new situation.

Army College No. 2 innovates and improves the quality of education and training

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 15:32 (GMT+7)
In recent years, Army College No. 2 has thoroughly grasped and implemented the Party's policy of "fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training" and the resolutions and directives of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence with many practical measures, in line with the tasks of a training centre of battalion-level army officers, achieving many important results.

Applying the principle of “Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” in national defence, security, and the protection of the Fatherland

Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:44 (GMT+7)
“Firm in objectives, flexible in tactics” is a core philosophy of President Ho Chi Minh, which has become a guiding principle for the Party in its struggle for national liberation and unification. Today, in the context of a rapidly evolving and unpredictable global and regional landscape, this principle holds even greater significance and must be thoroughly understood and effectively applied in the realms of national defence, security, and the safeguarding of the Fatherland.

Some solutions to build a politically elite Commando Force

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 18:13 (GMT+7)
President Ho Chi Minh’s guidance provides a comprehensive and profound summary of the nature, formation, and development of the Force, outlining fundamental principles for its construction and combat process, serves as a guiding light for all actions of the Corps. The term “special” permeates every facet, with “exceptionally firm political stance” playing a pivotal role in determining victories and shaping the Corps’ tradition

Dien Bien Phu Victory – a “golden epic” in the history of Vietnam

Monday, May 06, 2024, 13:39 (GMT+7)
This victory is seen as a “golden epic” and a brilliant milestone in the Vietnamese nation’s history in the 20th century, which has been likened to Bach Dang, Chi Lang and Dong Da victories and thrilled the people across the country. In the wake of that historic moment, the words, namely Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh – Dien Bien Phu resounded throughout the Vietnamese nation and the world, becoming an unremitting source of pride for the whole nation and providing tremendous impetus to anti-colonial struggles the world over

Ho Chi Minh’s thought on building the Army with “politics being taken as the roots” – significance and practical values

Thursday, December 28, 2023, 14:45 (GMT+7)
Ho Chi Minh’s thought on building the Army with “politics being taken as the roots” laid a scientific and revolutionary theoretical foundation for building our VPA at its very onset. Focusing on building the Army in terms of politics is the fundamental, consistent issue in Ho Chi Minh’s military ideology and doctrine. The robust development of the force organisation and military operations of an army ready for combat in close association with an army ready for work and for production proves Ho Chi Minh’s discernment of the crucial importance of politics to the vitality and strength of a revolutionary army.

Promoting the role of the Military’s leading theoretical agency in the development of revolutionary military theory in the new period

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 07:48 (GMT+7)
During the past 75 years, under many different names, the Journal has always followed the political, military, and defence policies of the Party; military and defense tasks of agencies, units, and localities; the global political, defence, and security situations, etc. to carry out research and propaganda work, executing all assigned task successfully, and being worthy of the title "the theoretical banner of the Party in the Military".

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.