Congratulatory letters and messages from international parties, organisations, and friends to the 14th National Party Congress
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 09:50 (GMT+7)
The Congress received nearly 900 congratulatory letters and messages from international political parties, organisations, friends and overseas Vietnamese communities. This was such a great source of encouragement and inspiration, and a vivid manifestation of the friendly cooperative relation between our Party and the international political parties, organisations and friends, also a connection from the overseas Vietnamese people to the country.
Organising technical work in the armed forces of several countries around the world and lessons for Vietnam People’s Army
Sunday, November 09, 2025, 10:22 (GMT+7)
At present, the rapid development of military science and technology has turned technical work into one of the deciding factors in the combat power of modern armed forces. Hence, studying experiences in organising technical work in the armed forces of several countries around the world is of great importance to the development of technical work of the Vietnam People’s Army nowadays
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.
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.
10 Major Global Military and Defence Events of 2024
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:06 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global landscape witnessed unprecedented complexity and unpredictability, marked by intensifying strategic competition among major powers and escalating military conflicts across various regions. These developments further destabilised an already volatile global security environment. To provide a comprehensive overview of the global security landscape, the National Defence Journal presents a roundup of the 10 most significant military and defence events
Review of the world political and military situation in 2023
Thursday, December 28, 2023, 10:53 (GMT+7)
The world political and military picture in 2023 is still mixed with light and dark colours, in which, strategic competition between major countries is still fierce, conflicts in regions continue to increase in intensity, scope and nature, etc. However, there are also many signs that the US and China are both showing efforts to control disagreements.
The world through the new Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 07:34 (GMT+7)
According to international analysists, the new Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation aims not only to build a powerful, friendly, responsible country of the international community, but also to strive for a new multipolar, multicentre world order based on the UN Charter – a world where nations regardless of their size, strength, and level of development are mutually respected.
Continuing to enhance judicial reform in the Military
Monday, April 24, 2023, 07:58 (GMT+7)
Judicial reform in general, and that in the Military in particular, is one of the key tasks in the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland. Therefore, agencies and units need to adhere to the principle of consolidating the judicial agencies to ensure efficiency, quality, and effectiveness and improve the political quality and capacity of the judicial cadres to contribute to improving the overall quality and combat strength of the Military, meeting the requirements and tasks of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.
Engineer Corps renovates and enhances participation in the International Army Games
Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 06:41 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping the Party’s viewpoints and military-defence guidelines, over the past years, along with strengthening the organisation and building “lean and strong” units, the Engineer Corps paid special attention to renewing and enhancing the quality of combat training. In particular, its participation in the International Army Games is seen as the linchpin in improving combined quality and combat strength to ensure that the Corps will always accomplish all assigned tasks and deserve their heroic tradition of “Paving the way for victory”.
NATO expansion and its repercussions on global security
Sunday, July 17, 2022, 06:40 (GMT+7)
In the face of NATO’s intention, Moscow assumes that the organisation and the West have treated Russia unfairly as they have not placed Russia in an important position in the European security architecture and people from NATO’s member countries always flaunt hostility toward Russia. Besides, Russia infers that NATO is the factor that instigates the “Colour revolution” in the post-Soviet space to restrain, block Russia in all respects and break the strategic balance between Russia and NATO. Tit-for-tat actions have led to the escalation of tension between the two sides.