Countering the enemy’s shift of offensive direction in a defensive operation - key considerations

Thursday, March 27, 2025, 08:42 (GMT+7)
Shifting the direction of an offensive is a common tactic employed by the enemy in combat to create breakthroughs on the battlefield, disrupt our defensive posture, and achieve operational and strategic objectives. In a (potential) war to defend the Fatherland, countering the enemy’s shift of offensive direction holds significant importance and requires thorough study both in theory and in practice

The art of fighting enemy counterattack in the 1975 Central Highlands Campaign

Monday, March 10, 2025, 15:11 (GMT+7)
During the 1975 Central Highlands Campaign, our command devised and executed plans to achieve success in multiple key engagements. Among these, the decisive fight to repel the enemy’s counterattack aimed at retaking Buon Ma Thuot was a major success. This victory created a favourable opportunity for us to advance and annihilate the entire enemy force in the strategic Central Highlands region

MR7 builds the strong military posture at sea

Saturday, July 13, 2024, 17:50 (GMT+7)
In the war to protect the Fatherland (if happens), sea is still the main direction used by the enemies to carry out their invasion. Hence, building the defence posture in the whole country in general, the strong military posture at seas and islands in the 7th Military Region (MR7) in particular is one of the important and urgent tasks.

Policy Department promotes building of a strong unit to meet mission requirements

Monday, February 27, 2023, 14:37 (GMT+7)
Over the past few years, under the leadership of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Ministry of National Defence (MND), notably the General Department of Politics (GDP), the Policy Department has successfully performed its assigned functions and missions. It has closely monitored situations and mission requirements of building the People’s Army and protecting the Fatherland to actively and proactively research, propose, and instruct good implementation of policies on the military and military families.

The entire military undertakes innovation and creativeness to successfully complete military, defence missions in 2023

Friday, February 10, 2023, 09:45 (GMT+7)
2023 is a pivotal year to implement the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress and the Resolution of the 11th Military Party Congress. It is also the year when the VPA has to adjust its organisation seriously. The entire military needs to proactively surmount difficulties, resolutely strive for making new leaps forward, and better accomplish their missions as compared to 2022, contributing to maintenance of a peaceful, stable environment for the building and development of the country and firm protection of the Vietnam socialist Fatherland in the new situation.

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.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution with the cause of safeguarding the Fatherland from afar

Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 08:14 (GMT+7)
The emergence and influence of the 4IR are the most prominent features currently. It is within this context that the research and prediction of effects of the 4IR on national construction and defence in order to work out strategies to prevent the risk of war and conflict from afar are pressing requirements of our country today.

VPA to improve the effectiveness of strategic study, prediction, and advice to meet requirements and missions of safeguarding the Fatherland

Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 13:33 (GMT+7)
MND’s strategic-level advisory bodies have worked closely with central commissions, ministries, and branches and localities to ceaselessly enhance ability to conduct strategic study, prediction, and advice and instruct effective, unitary, synchronous implementation of many important strategies, resolutions, conclusions, projects, and legal documents regarding military and defence domains, which contributes to improvement and development of theoretical thinking, military guidelines and arts of Viet Nam, state management of national defence, better meeting requirements of building and safeguarding the Fatherland both in the short and long term.

Measures to improve discipline management and safety assurance at Division 320

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 06:55 (GMT+7)
The work of discipline management and safety assurance plays a decisive role in improving combat strength and task performance of each agency and unit, yet it is difficult, always changing and is affected by many factors. Therefore, adopting appropriate and effective measures to well manage discipline and assure safety for the unit is urgent for both short and long term. Being well aware of this, in recent years, the Division’s Party Committee and Command attach great importance to this work and have focused on leading and directing the Division to fulfil it, achieving significant results.

The Army Corps 4 enhances discipline management

Friday, April 09, 2021, 07:51 (GMT+7)
Being fully aware of those particularities, over the years, the Party Committee and Command of the Corps’s Political Department have advised the Corps on directing offices and units to carry out the party and political work so as to raise cadres and soldiers’ responsibility to abide by discipline as the basis for improving the Corps’ combat strength