Lam Dong province focuses on building a strong defensive zone
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 13:30 (GMT+7)
With its new administrative boundaries, Lam Dong possesses numerous advantages and an ample room for socio-economic development and defence - security consolidation. Notably, the results achieved in defence and military tasks, especially in the building of defensive zones in the three provinces prior to the merger, have been highly encouraging, laying an important foundation for Lam Dong to continue carrying out this crucial work in the new situation
Regiment 31 enhances overall quality and combat power
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 14:56 (GMT+7)
Honoured and proud of its glorious tradition of 80 years of construction, combat, victory, and growth, Regiment 31 continues to strive to enhance its overall quality and combat power, successfully accomplishing all assigned missions and writing new chapters of achievement in the new era.
Ten major global military and defence events in 2025
Thursday, January 08, 2026, 20:54 (GMT+7)
In 2025, the world continued to witness intense strategic competition among major powers, an increasing tendency to address issues through escalation and the use of force, along with prolonged and expanding military conflicts in many regions. Nevertheless, peace, cooperation, and development remain the major trends and shared goals. To provide a comprehensive overview, the National Defence Journal compiles and presents ten major military and defence events worldwide in 2025
Engineering Officer College improves its education and training quality
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 21:28 (GMT+7)
In response to the requirements of VPA building, national defence consolidation, and Fatherland protection, as well as a fundamental, comprehensive reform in education and training, Engineering Officer College has adopted various measures to enhance its overall capacity and build an “exemplarily, typically” comprehensively strong College
Chemical Corps steps up international integration and defence diplomacy in the new situation
Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 19:34 (GMT+7)
International integration and defence diplomacy constitute a strategic policy of the Party, State, and Ministry of National Defence, aiming to maintain peace and stability for national development and protect the Fatherland early and from afar. Hence, Chemical Corps’ Party Committee and Command have been synchronously adopting solutions to perform this important work according to their functions and missions
Focusing on making Division 5 comprehensively strong and exemplary
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 09:31 (GMT+7)
Throughout its 60-year history, the Division has overcome countless difficulties and hardships. More than 34,000 officers and soldiers laid down their lives for the Fatherland, while tens of thousands of war invalids and sick veterans sacrificed their youth, leaving part of their flesh and blood across the battlefields. In recognition of its outstanding service and achievements, the Division has been awarded the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces
Strategic competition among major powers in the Asia-Pacific region and implications for ASEAN
Monday, November 24, 2025, 15:14 (GMT+7)
According to international observers, the formation of the US-led sub-multilateral security mechanisms QUAD, AUKUS, and other "trilateral, quadrilateral" security cooperation mechanisms can increase the risk of US-China confrontation and affect ASEAN's centrality in the regional security structure as shown through ARF, ADMM, ADMM+, etc. The risk of "securitising" cooperation areas will increase with the increasing momentum of strategic competition between major powers.
Building the revolutionary, regular, highly -skilled and modernised armed forces of Military Region 7 in the new era
Monday, November 24, 2025, 08:02 (GMT+7)
Bringing into play the glorious traditions of 80 years of building, combatting and developing, cadres and soldiers in the Military Region’s armed forces raise their will of determination, self-reliance and resilience, the revolutionary spirit of overcoming all difficulties and challenges, successfully accomplishing the task of building and safeguarding the Fatherland, together with the entire country entering an era of development and prosperity.
Engineer Brigade 414 performs well the task of "fighting in peacetime"
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 20:28 (GMT+7)
The Party Committee and Command of Engineer Brigade 414 of Military Region 4 have paid special attention to the tasks of defence work construction, post-war UXO clearance, disaster prevention, control and relief, search and rescue – the “peacetime combat task”, which has been highly appreciated by the Head of the Military Region Command, local Party Committees, authorities and People.
The armed forces of Military Region 4, upholding their tradition, continue to write new feats of arms in the new era
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 14:11 (GMT+7)
During the 80-year journey of building, fighting and growing up, under the leadership of the Party, the armed forces of Military Region 4 have upheld revolutionary heroism, overcome countless difficulties and challenges, together with the army and people of the whole country to make glorious feats in the cause of national liberation, building and safeguarding the Fatherland.