Upholding the 80-year heroic tradition of a strategic command and staff organ to make General Staff strong and capable of its missions

Saturday, September 06, 2025, 22:43 (GMT+7)
In the past 80 years of construction, combat, victory, and maturity, under the leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, particularly the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, the General Staff has always excellently fulfilled its role as a strategic, confidential, key staff organ of the Vietnam People’s Army, making a worthy contribution to the cause of national liberation, construction, and protection

Air Defence Division 361 raises the quality of training and combat readiness

Monday, May 19, 2025, 13:28 (GMT+7)
On 19 May 1965, Air Defence Division 361 - Hanoi Air Defence Unit was established. In the past 60 years of construction, combat, victory, and maturity, generations of cadres and soldiers of the Division have always remained unity, courage, and resilience in combat, promoting proactivity and creativity in construction and development, maintaining good training and high combat readiness, managing and firmly protecting the assigned airspace and crucial targets

Division 363 raises its combat power to firmly protect the Fatherland’s airspace

Friday, May 16, 2025, 15:29 (GMT+7)
In response to the high requirements of Fatherland protection, cadres and soldiers of Division 363 (Air Defence - Air Force Service) have promoted the unit’s heroic tradition, unceasingly improving their political zeal, mastering weaponry, raising combat readiness and resolve to firmly protect the Fatherland’s Northeastern airspace

National and time values of the Victory of "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air"

Saturday, December 31, 2022, 19:16 (GMT+7)
The Victory of "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air" is the immortal epic of the resilient Vietnamese people. The capital city of Hanoi became the capital of the right, conscience and human dignity. This heroic historic victory "beat the Americans out", creating an important premise for our army and people to "fight for the fall of the puppet administration", liberate the South, and unify the country. It put an end to neo-colonialism and promoted the movement for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress in the world.

Building Division 361 strong to keep pace with the missions

Saturday, December 31, 2022, 19:16 (GMT+7)
In the conditions of coping with many difficulties, carrying out the combat tasks of managing the airspace while training the new weapons and equipment, Division 361’s cadres and soldiers have inherited and brought into play the historical values and the lessons from the Victory of “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air”, always deserved the traditions of the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces who are ready to take and successfully accomplish all assigned missions.

A look back at the Victory of Ha Noi – Dien Bien Phu in the air 50 years ago

Thursday, December 29, 2022, 08:23 (GMT+7)
Victory of “Ha Noi – Dien Bien Phu in the Air” inflicted the heaviest defeat on the U.S. Air Force in the history and became the most glorious symbol of the power of revolutionary heroism and Vietnamese wisdom and creativity in the Ho Chi Minh era. Half a century has passed, but lessons learnt from that illustrious victory remain valid both theoretically and practically and need further applying and leveraging in today’s cause of national building and defence.

Upholding the technical service exellence of the Air Defence Campaign late 1972 in a potential Patriotic War

Thursday, December 29, 2022, 08:21 (GMT+7)
Half a century has passed, but the values of the lessons on the art of technical assurance in the Air Defence Campaign late 1972 remain valid. This is a very important note for the task of defending the Motherland in general and protecting our airspace in the new situation, in particular. That requires us to continue to study and effectively apply these important lessons in training, practice, exercises, and implementing combat readiness missions,... to avoid any surprise from the air in any circumstances, contributing to the work of defending Vietnam Socialist Motherland of our Party, People and Military.

Transport assurance in the 1972 Air Defence Operation and lessons for the cause of national defence and Fatherland protection

Tuesday, December 27, 2022, 08:12 (GMT+7)
Transport assurance was an extremely difficult and strategically significant issue of our armed forces and people in combating against the US’s destructive war. In fact, the transport sector, as one of the leading forces, ensured smooth transport to perform the the task of supporting human and material power for the large southern frontline. Thousands of the sector’s cadres, technician, and self-defence workers contributed their efforts and intelligence, together with the armed forces, to surveying, forming, building, and maintaining the effective operation of the transport systems.

Spiritual and political strength of the Vietnamese people and its Army in the "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air" Victory

Sunday, December 25, 2022, 16:23 (GMT+7)
The war has receded, but the lesson on promoting political and spiritual strength in the "Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu in the air" Victory, 50 years ago is still valid. That requires our entire army and people to regularly and persistently pay attention to building, consolidating and promoting political and spiritual strength, contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the development of the country, creating favourable conditions to successfully realise the aspiration of "developing a prosperous and happy country", as powerful as the wish of our dearly beloved President Ho Chi Minh.

Battle for the strategic destruction of the enemy in future patriotic war – thoughts and comments

Friday, December 23, 2022, 13:18 (GMT+7)
A battle for the strategic destruction of the enemy is one of the most fundamental concepts of warfare. Only the strategic destruction (or major destruction) of the enemy force can lead to a major development on the battlefield and the conclusion of the conflict. it is essential to make investment in study and training activities on modern, large-scale combined arms warfare to strategically defeat the enemy at critical times, creating strategic turning point to end the war.