Vietnam Coast Guard enhances sea and island propagation in the new situation

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 10:14 (GMT+7)
The Party Committee and Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) have always paid due attention to leading and directing sea and island propagation, considering this as one of their central political tasks and breakthrough measures to create synergy for managing and firmly defending national sacred sovereignty over seas and islands

National marine spatial planning for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision towards 2050

Monday, June 30, 2025, 13:41 (GMT+7)
On 28 June 2024, at the 7th Session, the 15th National Assembly voted to pass Resolution No. 139/2024/QH15 on "National marine spatial planning for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision towards 2050"; in which, the orientation of spatial arrangement for activities in coastal land and waters includes several important contents.

Vietnam Coast Guard’s participation in national sovereignty, security, order, and safety protection at sea - key considerations

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 07:42 (GMT+7)
In the face of rapid, complex changes throughout the world and in the region, the task of managing and protecting national security and sovereignty over seas and islands has been posing numerous challenges to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG). Properly recognising and addressing these issues will enable the VCG to fulfil its role as the core force in law enforcement and in maintaining national security, order, and safety at sea

Liberation of the Spratly Islands: A strategic victory in the liberation of the South and national reunification

Saturday, April 19, 2025, 14:36 (GMT+7)
The victory of the liberation of the Spratly Islands in 1975 holds profound strategic significance. It not only contributed to the complete success of the Spring 1975 General Offensive and Uprising, which fully liberated the South and reunified the country, but also firmly affirmed Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the Spratly Islands.

Naval Region 2 builds a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds” at sea

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 15:43 (GMT+7)
Protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands represents a central, routine task of the entire Party, Military, people, and political system, with fishermen playing a role of utmost importance. Thus, in addition to training and combat readiness, Naval Region 2 has attached great value to building a firm “posture of people’s hearts and minds” at sea via various measures, contributing to safeguarding national sovereignty over the Fatherland’s Southern sea, islands, and continental shelf

Military Region 5 builds strong armed forces under the Resolution of the 13th Party Central Committee’s 8th Plenum

Thursday, September 12, 2024, 10:42 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping Resolution 44-NQ/TW dated 24 November 2023 by the Party Central Committee on the Strategy for Fatherland Protection in the New Situation, Military Region 5’s Party Committee and Command have been focusing their leadership and direction on making the Military Region’s armed forces strong as the basis for raising the Military Region’s synergy and combat power, enabling the Military Region to readily undertake and successfully fulfil all assigned tasks

Naval Region 1 harnesses political and spiritual elements in “winning the first battle” to secure maritime sovereignty

Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 11:54 (GMT+7)
Following the tradition of its predecessors who won the first battle, Naval Region 1 intensifies traditional education, fostering belief and the determination to fight and win among its troops. It vigorously trains them to master new, modern technical weaponry, refine their tactics, and enhance overall quality and combat strength to firmly safeguard the northeastern maritime regions of the Fatherland.

Brigade 170 enhances the effectiveness of legal dissemination and education

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 13:32 (GMT+7)
In recent years, the Brigade’s Party Committee and Command have synchronously implemented comprehensive leadership and directive measures. Among these, improving the effectiveness of legal dissemination and education is critical. This aims to cultivate legal awareness and behaviour in compliance with state laws and military discipline among officers and soldiers, serving as a foundation for effectively fulfilling military duties and the rights and obligations of citizens.

Main contents of the Master Planning on development of Vietnam’s seaport system in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 19:38 (GMT+7)
With systematic method, careful research, objective assessment, and strategic vision in the direction of promoting the strengths of each region and locality, ensuring investment and sustainable development, it is hoped that that the Plan will be a solid legal basis and a premise for developing seaport infrastructure in particular and transport infrastructure in general, ensuring wholeness, high connectivity, synchronisation and modernity, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals set by the Party and State.

Viet Nam Coast Guard encourages international cooperation in law enforcement at sea

Sunday, May 12, 2024, 20:33 (GMT+7)
Viet Nam has a sea of more than 1 million square kilometres with over 3,000 big and small islands and 2 archipelagos, namely Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) and Truong Sa (Spratly Islands); being the space for the nation’s existence and long-term development, Viet Nam’s sea plays a role of importance in terms of politics, economy, society, defence, security, and diplomacy