The armed forces’ role in August 1945 General Uprising and issues on building a modern Vietnam People’s Army today

Friday, August 15, 2025, 10:51 (GMT+7)
In August 1945, under the leadership of the Party and leader Ho Chi Minh, our people conducted a General Uprising to smash the yoke of colonialism, fascism, and feudalism, establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and usher our nation into a new era - the era of national independence and socialism. In that great victory, our fledgling revolutionary armed forces played a core role in guiding and assisting the masses in rising up to seize power. Those historical lessons remain valuable in the Military’s building and fighting cause in general, the building of a modern Vietnam People’s Army in particular

On holding primary defensive zone in military region defensive operations

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:57 (GMT+7)
Military region defensive operations is a new type of operations, which is being researched, developed, and applied to practice in order to meet requirements and missions of defending the Fatherland in the new situation. Nevertheless, this type of operations is made up from many forces and takes place in a strategic direction and area of some provinces and cities in a fairly lengthy period of time right from the onset to the end of the war. The main defensive zone is categorised as the most important element that is key to stability of the defensive posture. This area must be held at all costs in military region defensive operations.

Training for operational- and strategic-level cadres at the National Defence Academy

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 08:13 (GMT+7)
Clearly understanding the vital roles of the operational art in the development of military art of Viet Nam to meet requirements of modern warfare, over the past few years, the National Defence Academy (NDA) has attached constant importance to both theoretical and practical training at the operational level of war as well as new developments in operational art in the war to defend the Fatherland. It has also actively reformed training contents and methodologies in the direction of openness, development of military thinking, and practical training. Thus, the corps of operational- and strategic-level cadres gradually grasp contents and methodologies to prepare and conduct operations at the operational level of war and apply these contents and methodologies to practice in a creative, effective manner, successfully completing their assigned tasks.

On the key battle of a counterattack campaign in a military region’s defensive operations

Friday, December 09, 2016, 09:02 (GMT+7)
Conducting a key battle in general and a key battle in a counterattack campaign in particular is to carry out a battle or an assault by an essential element of the counterattack campaign or by the on-spot forces of a military region, possibly deciding the victory of each stage of the campaign or the whole campaign. A counterattack campaign in military region’s defensive operations is often composed of one key battle or a number of key battles, including a decisively key battle