Defence and security developments in Northeast Asia and their implications for the Asia-Pacific region

Defence and security developments in Northeast Asia and their implications for the Asia-Pacific region

Friday, June 12, 2026, 10:14 (GMT+7)
Northeast Asia is a region of global strategic importance, home to several potential security flashpoints in Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait. Amidst intensifying strategic competition among major powers, defence and security developments in Northeast Asia are not only reshaping the regional balance of power but also exerting profound impacts on the peace, stability, and security architecture of the Asia-Pacific region

Prospects for the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Prospects for the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Saturday, March 14, 2026, 06:25 (GMT+7)
The considerable differences in calculations, positions, and interests among the parties involved suggest that, despite numerous rounds of negotiations in recent years, the path towards a mutually acceptable and sustainable settlement remains fraught with obstacles. The prospects for peace negotiations depend not only on the will of political leaders but also on societal acceptance.

Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025

Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 14:15 (GMT+7)
The most prominent features of the global political and military landscape in 2025 are the irreversible trend towards multipolarity of the world order and intense competition among major powers. Besides, worrying developments from the conflicts of Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, etc., and the risk of US military intervention in Venezuela are posing significant challenges to global security and stability.

Scenarios for the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Scenarios for the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Monday, August 25, 2025, 16:35 (GMT+7)
According to world political and military researchers, there is still no certain scenario for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, the world understands that the end of the above conflict will not only shape the future of these two countries but also test the resilience of international legal principles, and will also contribute to reshaping the regional security structure and possibly the world order for decades to come.

Great 1975 Spring Victory - An undeniably momentous and heroic historical event

Great 1975 Spring Victory - An undeniably momentous and heroic historical event

Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 09:22 (GMT+7)
It was a momentous event that realised our people’s dream of national independence and unity towards socialism as well as prosperity, civilisation, and happiness. However, despite that fact, somewhere there remain those who harbour resentment and hostile attitudes, deliberately putting forward distortions of our momentous event. Therefore, we must heighten our vigilance and resolutely strive to refute them

Shaping the defence and security policy of the US President Donald Trump’s administration

Shaping the defence and security policy of the US President Donald Trump's administration

Monday, March 10, 2025, 15:19 (GMT+7)
Although things are still unclear, the decisions that President Donald Trump will make in his new term, especially in the field of defence and security, will certainly have a great impact on the regional and world security structure.

Changes in Russia’s revised "nuclear doctrine"

Changes in Russia’s revised “nuclear doctrine”

Friday, January 24, 2025, 07:05 (GMT+7)
Russia's revised nuclear doctrine has been supplemented and amended in the direction of expanding the target, scope of deterrence and lowering the activation threshold. That will help Moscow have more options in using nuclear weapons; at the same time, it is an important basis for protecting the security, national interests, and territorial sovereignty of Russia.

A review of the global political and military landscape in 2024

A review of the global political and military landscape in 2024

Sunday, December 29, 2024, 14:44 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global political and military landscape underwent significant changes due to the impacts of various hot spots, conflicts, and strategic competition among major powers, particularly the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the escalating war in the Middle East, tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and increasing signs of US-China rivalry

US - Japan - Philippines trilateral cooperation and its regional and global impacts

US - Japan - Philippines trilateral cooperation and its regional and global impacts

Sunday, September 29, 2024, 20:51 (GMT+7)
Amidst the growing complexity of geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region, countries have been promoting cooperation to deal with increasing security threats, with the US - Japan - Philippines trilateral cooperation as a case in point. The context and future of this cooperation mechanism, and its impacts on the region and the world are a matter of international concern

Practical experience refutes distortion of "Vietnamese Bamboo Diplomacy"

Practical experience refutes distortion of “Vietnamese Bamboo Diplomacy”

Monday, July 22, 2024, 20:24 (GMT+7)
In recent years, the term “Vietnamese Bamboo Diplomacy” has been frequently mentioned when referring to the foreign activities of our Party and government. This term summarises and symbolises the foreign policy that the Communist Party of Vietnam has been persuing, based on President Ho Chi Minh’s diplomacy motto of “firm in objectives, flexible in strategies and tactics”.

The entire military continues to promote its pivotal role in disaster control, prevention, rescue and relief
Deeply aware of the requirements and tasks of disaster prevention and control, rescue and relief, the entire Army is to continue promote the pivotal role, excellently fulfilling its “combat mission in peacetime”, worthy of the trust of the Party, the State, and the People, contributing to the building and firm protection of the Fatherland in the new era.