An overview of Japan’s defence equipment modernisation trends

Monday, October 27, 2025, 16:17 (GMT+7)
Amid growing complexities in the global and regional security environment, Japan has been accelerating the modernisation of Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) through a series of crucial steps. With the adoption of new national security and defence strategies, along with a significant increase in defence investment, Japan’s defence equipment modernisation is reshaping the regional military balance, which has drawn considerable attention from military analysts

Bringing into play the spirit of August Revolution, the Military continues to remain steadfast in its combat goal and ideal in the new era

Monday, August 18, 2025, 16:02 (GMT+7)
The success of the August 1945 Revolution marked a milestone in the history of national construction and protection of Vietnam, symbolising our people’s willpower, indomitable spirit, and burning desire for national independence and freedom. 80 years have elapsed, but the greatness, indomitable spirit, and shining ideal of the August Revolution always remain existent in tandem with the country’s development, laying a solid foundation for the Vietnam People’s Army to sustain its combat goal and ideal in the new era

Arctic in the new vortex of strategic competition

Thursday, August 07, 2025, 19:24 (GMT+7)
International public opinion believes that, with what has been and is happening, the Arctic is no longer a cold land outside the geopolitical and geo-economic calculations of countries in and outside the region, but has become the focus of new strategic competition among superpowers. However, international public opinion also hopes that this competition will not adversely affect world and regional security and peace.

Vietnam Coast Guard enhances sea and island propagation in the new situation

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 10:14 (GMT+7)
The Party Committee and Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) have always paid due attention to leading and directing sea and island propagation, considering this as one of their central political tasks and breakthrough measures to create synergy for managing and firmly defending national sacred sovereignty over seas and islands

The entire Military continues stepping up “Paying debt of gratitude” activities in the new situation

Friday, July 25, 2025, 21:02 (GMT+7)
“Paying debt of gratitude” constitutes a vivid manifestation of the tradition of “remembering the source when drinking water” - a millennium-long cultural feature of the Vietnamese nation. As for the Vietnam People’s Army, “Paying debt of gratitude” not only demonstrates its sentiments and political duty towards revolution contributors, but also helps cement its close-knit bond with the people, build a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds”, and consolidate all-people national defence associated with the posture of people’s security in the cause of Fatherland construction and protection

Lai Chau Provincial Border Guard enhances the fight against crimes to maintain national border security

Monday, July 21, 2025, 14:26 (GMT+7)
Promoting its strong track record, the PBG of Lai Chau will continue heightening vigilance, proactively staying close to the area and people, further raising the quality of crime prevention and control, maintaining political security and social order and safety, ensuring the people’s peaceful life in the Fatherland’s frontier area

Strengthening the protection work of cultural and ideological security in the military to meet the requirements of the new era

Monday, July 21, 2025, 14:26 (GMT+7)
Currently, facing the multi-dimensional impacts from global and regional developments, along with fierce sabotage efforts by hostile forces, the entire military must pay greater attention to the work of internal security protection, contributing to building a politically strong Military that remains a loyal and trustworthy political and combat force of the Party, the government, and the People.

The entire Military is to enhance civil defence capabilities

Friday, June 27, 2025, 21:57 (GMT+7)
Through active coordination with Party committees, local authorities, people, and other forces, the armed forces will fulfil civil defence tasks effectively, maintaining their role as the core force on the front line of national protection. In doing so, they will continue to honour and enrich the glorious tradition of the heroic Vietnam People’s Army.

Promoting the role of military press in the nation’s new development era

Thursday, June 19, 2025, 19:01 (GMT+7)
In any circumstances, the military press has always remained steadfast in the goal of national independence and socialism, staying absolutely loyal to the Party, Fatherland, State, and people, accompanying cadres and soldiers in their training, combat, and work process, acting as a vanguard force in protecting and maintaining the Party’s ideological - cultural foundation within the entire Military and society

Focusing on raising the quality of defence work at ministries and central sectors

Friday, June 13, 2025, 14:17 (GMT+7)
Over the years, grasping the Party’s lines and the State’s laws and policies on defence tasks and Fatherland protection in the new situation, ministries and central sectors have proactively, comprehensively, synchronously carried out defence work and achieved significant results to contribute to strengthening all-people national defence and posture of all-people national defence associated with posture of people’s security