National Defence Journal

Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 21:39 (GMT+7)

The art of shaping the battlefield and creating opportunities in the Tay Son Tinh Campaign of 1966

Thursday, February 12, 2026, 14:56 (GMT+7)
The victory of the Tay Son Tinh Campaign smashed one of the three “search and destroy” operations conducted by the enemy in Military Region 5, creating a foundation for defeating the American Local War Strategy. The valuable lessons on the art of “shaping the battlefield and creating opportunities” drawn from this campaign should be further studied, developed, and creatively applied under new conditions of people’s war in defence of the Fatherland.

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The entire military promotes the study and practice of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, method, and style in the new development period

Promoting the study and practice of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, method, and style is both the responsibility and reverence of cadres and soldiers across the entire military towards Uncle Ho, and a strategic and long-term task that needs to be implemented with the highest political determination, scientific methods, and the most drastic and effective actions.