Modernising Artillery and Missile Forces: a vital step in the cause of Fatherland protection in the new era
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 16:13 (GMT+7)
Today ground-based artillery and missiles remain a critical element of combat forces, providing the primary firepower that often decides the outcome of military operations. Consequently, to meet the demands of defending the Fatherland in a changing world, the development of artillery and missile forces that are rationally organised, heavily armed, precise, and highly mobile is not merely important, it is an urgent priority demanding comprehensive study
Enhancing the leadership capacity and combativeness of Naval Region 2’s Party Organisation
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 14:56 (GMT+7)
These realities necessitate the Region’s Party Committee and Command adopting sound guidelines and solutions, and exercising their comprehensive leadership and direction over all aspects of work, with Party building identified as a central focus. In practice, results from self-criticism and criticism under the Resolution of the 4th Plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee on the building and rectification of the Party and political system have shown that, alongside notable achievements, the work of Party organisation building still reveals certain shortcomings
Turkey's calculations make waves in the Eastern Mediterranean
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 14:46 (GMT+7)
Not accepting the fact, at the end of 2019, Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) to delimit maritime zones between the two sides, paving the way for oil and gas exploration activities later. The incident will not be worth discussing if the boundary corridor established by these two countries is not close to Crete Island under Greek sovereignty. Greek leaders said that the Libyan and Turkish agreements violated international law, ignoring the presence of the island of Crete.
Value of the 1945 Declaration of Independence to the cause of national defence today
Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 15:20 (GMT+7)
The significance and value of the Declaration of Independence to the cause of safeguarding the Homeland remain intact. National spirits and bravery shown in the Declaration of Independence always serve as a guideline for Viet Nam’s current and future generations in the cause of safeguarding the Homeland.
Behind the controversy over airspace infringement between Russia – Japan – Korea and its implications for regional security
Friday, November 15, 2019, 15:59 (GMT+7)
Northeast Asian situation will continue to evolve with both compromise and competition and be deeply influenced by the US, China and Russia. Although US foreign policies under Donald Trump administration are much different from those of his predecessors, they will not change their fundamental interests in Asia – Pacific.
Vietnam’s rights and obligations as a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982
Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 07:12 (GMT+7)
The UNCLOS 1982 has become effective since November 16th 1994. It has been seen as the world’s sea and ocean Constitution and a huge multilateral legal document (including 320 articles, 9 annexes, and over 1,000 legal norms), meeting the world’s aspirations for a new international legal order related to all issues on seas and oceans, including the seabed and seabed subsoil
China requested to withdraw all ships from Vietnam’s EEZ
Friday, August 23, 2019, 07:55 (GMT+7)
Vietnam has demanded China to immediately stop violations, withdraw all vessels from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and not have actions to increase tensions, complicate the situation, and threaten peace, stability and security in the East Sea and the region, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said
International waters and the freedom of the high seas
Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 09:12 (GMT+7)
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 (hereafter the UNCLOS 1982), the World Ocean is divided into 2 parts, namely territorial waters under sovereignty and sovereign right of coastal states; and international waters and seabed
The military’s participation in production and economic development to contribute to socio-economic development and strengthening national defence potential and posture
Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 17:22 (GMT+7)
Participation in production and economic development to contribute, along with the whole Party and people, to socio-economic development represents a fundamental function of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), deeply reflecting both the nature and tradition of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” and consciousness and political responsibility of the VPA for perceiving and implementing the Party’s guideline and policy on the combination of economy with national defence and vice versa.
Regulations on aquatic resources exploitation in overlapping seas
Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 08:12 (GMT+7)
According to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and regulations of Vietnam’s Law of the Sea, our country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf would not exceed 200 and 350 nautical miles respectively from the baseline