The art of force organisation and employment in Hiep Duc - Dong Duong Operation of 1965
Monday, December 29, 2025, 14:11 (GMT+7)
Sixty years ago, during Hiep Duc - Dong Duong Operation, our forces, through a distinctive art of organising and employing combat units, dealt successive “critical, heavy” blows against the enemy’s elite formations operating in the adjacent zone between mountainous and coastal lowland areas of Military Region 5. The success of the Operation marked a new development in the overall strategic offensive posture and gave strong impetus to the movement among our armed forces and people to “seek out to fight American troops, seek out to destroy puppet troops”
The art of fighting the opening key battle in the Bau Bang - Dau Tieng Campaign of 1965
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 21:24 (GMT+7)
The success of the Bau Bang - Dau Tieng Campaign dealt a severe blow to U.S. and Saigon efforts under the “Local War” strategy. The lessons in the art of conducting an opening key battle remain invaluable for continued research and creative application in the defence of the Fatherland.
The art of conducting key and decisive battle during 1965 Ba Gia Campaign
Monday, July 28, 2025, 14:07 (GMT+7)
Realising the Party’s resolve, Military Region 5’s Command decided to launch Ba Gia Campaign in North Quang Ngai in order to annihilate a significant section of enemy troops, disintegrate the enemy’s paramilitary forces, expand the liberated zone in Son Tinh - Tra Bong, provide support for our political movement, and maintain the corridor connecting the mountainous area with the plain area
The art of building logistics-technical posture in the fight against the destructive war of the US imperialists in Military Region 4
Monday, June 23, 2025, 14:17 (GMT+7)
The arrangement of the logistics and technical facilities of Military Region 4 to form a regional security posture was extremely flexible and creative, helping to maximise the security capacity of logistics and technical facilities at all levels, fully and promptly responding to all aspects of the diverse combat operations of the forces in all environments and areas.
Building a “strong, extensive” militia and self-defence force on a par with its task requirements
Thursday, March 27, 2025, 08:42 (GMT+7)
Building a “strong, extensive” militia and self-defence force with a high level of synergy and combat power is a matter of strategic importance; it is a duty of the entire Party, people, and Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), aimed at developing military - defence potentialities and postures, meeting the requirements of Fatherland protection
Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers - the core component of the Vietnam - Laos combat alliance
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 16:23 (GMT+7)
On 30 October 1949, the Standing Board of the Indochinese Communist Party Central Committee decided: “Vietnamese military forces will fight and work to help Laos establish their own system and will be organised as Volunteer Soldiers”. Under the leadership of our Party and President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Volunteer Soldiers excellently fulfilled their task of giving assistance to the Lao revolution, worthy of the cornerstone of the Vietnam - Laos combat alliance
General Le Trong Tan’s remarkable contributions to Vietnam’s military art
Friday, October 04, 2024, 16:10 (GMT+7)
Holding various commanding positions from tactical and operational to strategic levels, commanding almost all campaigns and decisive strategic operations in the two resistance wars against the US and the French as well as in the war to defend the Southwestern border, he made significant contributions to the development of Vietnam’s unique, creative military art and our nation’s victory against the most powerful imperialists of the 20th century
Upholding the tradition of winning the first battles to build an “elite, compact, strong” Naval Service
Thursday, August 08, 2024, 07:49 (GMT+7)
On 2 and 5 August 1964, the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) cooperated with other forces in courageously fighting to win victory in the first battles. It is forever a source of pride and encouragement for generations of Naval cadres and soldiers to overcome all hardships, successfully fulfil all assigned tasks, and build an “elite, compact, strong”, modern Service worthy of its core role in firmly protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands
The art of force utilisation during Binh Gia Offensive, Winter – Spring 1964 – 1965
Wednesday, February 08, 2023, 15:25 (GMT+7)
The Victory of Binh Gia was brilliant milestone in our resistance war against the U.S. for national salvation, marking an oustanding maturity of regular units of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam and an important development of our operational art. This victory left many valuable lessons about the art of force organisation and utilisation, which need to be studied and applied futher in the cause of national defence today.
Highlights of military art in the Battle of Ap Bac in 1963
Monday, January 09, 2023, 08:59 (GMT+7)
The outstanding features of the military art employed in the Battle of Ap Bac and the experience learnt from this engagement still have profound theoretical and practical values today, and they need to be further studied, developed, and applied in the cause of building and defending the Motherland in the present day.